By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street |
Frontage (n.) The front part of an edifice or lot |
Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping |
Slip (n.) To slide |
Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place) |
Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding |
Slip (n.) To err |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly |
Slip (v. t.) To omit |
Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from |
Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place |
Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely |
Slip (n.) The act of slipping |
Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault |
Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock |
Slip (n.) A slender piece |
Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held |
Slip (n.) An escape |
Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself |
Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on. |
Slip (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman. |
Slip (n.) A child's pinafore. |
Slip (n.) An outside covering or case |
Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. |
Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. |
Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. |
Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts. |
Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn. |
Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. |
Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock |
Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings. |
Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. |
Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. |
Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid |
Slip (n.) A fish, the sole. |
Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip. |
Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. |
Street (a.) Originally, a paved way or road |
slip elusion eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
slip slip-up miscue parapraxis | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
Freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
faux pas gaffe solecism slip gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act |
slip sideslip | a flight maneuver, aircraft slides sideways in the air |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
guerrilla theater street theater | dramatization of a social issue, enacted outside in a park or on the street |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
alley alleyway back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides |
barrel organ grind organ hand organ hurdy gurdy hurdy-gurdy street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
corner street corner turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
drug of abuse street drug | a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects), drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction |
facade frontage frontal | the face or front of a building |
frontage road service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
local road local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it |
main street high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
one-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
slip-on | an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side |
street | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings, they walked the streets of the small town, he lives on Nassau Street |
street | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks, the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel, be careful crossing the street |
street clothes | ordinary clothing suitable for public appearances (as opposed to costumes or sports apparel or work clothes etc.) |
streetlight street lamp | a lamp supported on a lamppost, for illuminating a street |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
two-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions, you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street |
street credibility street cred cred | credibility among young fashionable urban individuals |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
frontage | the extent of land abutting on a street or water |
street smarts | a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment |
one-way street | unilateral interaction, cooperation cannot be a one-way street |
Fleet Street | British journalism |
street name | the name of a street |
street name | the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer, all my stocks are held in street name |
street name | slang for something (especially for an illegal drug), `smack' is a street name for heroin |
street name | an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods), her street name is Bonbon |
slip of the tongue | an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
street sign | a sign visible from the street |