beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbour
strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
| strip poker | poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing |
strip
striptease
strip show | a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music, she did a strip right in front of everyone |
| reservation | the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion |
| strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion |
strip mining
opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
| strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
booking
reservation | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group), wondered who had made the booking |
central chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes troglodytes | black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa, closely related to eastern chimpanzees |
airstrip
flight strip
landing strip
strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
| bimetallic strip | a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
furring strip
furring | strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
junction barrier
barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
| leather strip | implement consisting of a strip of leather |
| Mobius strip | a continuous closed surface with only one side, formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one enddegrees and joining it with the other end |
strip
slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
| strip | thin piece of wood or metal |
| strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
| strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street, usually opening on a parking lot |
| strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
taxiway
taxi strip | a paved surface in the form of a strip, used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport |
weather strip
weatherstrip
weather stripping
weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
fissure of Rolando
Rolando's fissure
central sulcus
sulcus centralis | a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres, separates the frontal and parietal lobes |
central artery of the retina
arteria centralis retinae | a branch of the ophthalmic artery, enters the eyeball with the optic nerve |
central veins of liver
venae centrales hepatis | terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids |
central vein of retina
vena centrales retinae | vein formed by the union of the retinal veins, accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve |
central vein of suprarenal gland
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | a single draining vein, on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava, on the left it empties into the left renal vein |
centrosome
central body | small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus, contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules |
central nervous system
CNS
systema nervosum centrale | the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
| central gyrus | either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus |
| central vision | vision using the fovea and parafovea, the middle part of the visual field |
mental reservation
reservation
arriere pensee | an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly |
| reservation | something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) |
median
median value | the value below which % of the cases fall |
reservation
qualification | a statement that limits or restricts some claim, he recommended her without any reservations |
Thai
Siamese
Central Thai | a branch of the Tai languages |
| South-Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India |
| Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India |
comic strip
cartoon strip
strip
funnies | a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book |
| reservation | the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance |
strip steak
New York strip | steak from upper part of the short loin |
| bacon strip | a slice of bacon |
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council |
| Central Powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies |
| Central America | the nations of Central America collectively |
Central Intelligence Machinery
CIM | the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies |