Adjustment
(n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted |
Adjustment
(n.) Settlement of claims |
Adjustment
(n.) The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use |
Air level
() Spirit level. See Level. |
Attorney-general
(n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Bee line
() The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey |
Brigadier general
() An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
Earnings
(pl. ) of Earning |
General
(a.) Relating to a genus or kind |
General
(a.) Comprehending many species or individuals |
General
(a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import |
General
(a.) Common to many, or the greatest number |
General
(a.) Having a relation to all |
General
(a.) As a whole |
General
(a.) Usual |
General
(a.) The whole |
General
(a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country |
General
(a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together |
General
(a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
General
(a.) The public |
Governor general
() A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him |
Gunter's line
() A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers |
Level
(n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular |
Level
(n.) A horizontal line or plane |
Level
(n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth |
Level
(n.) Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation. |
Level
(n.) A uniform or average height |
Level
(n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line. |
Level
(n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level |
Level
(n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. |
Level
(a.) Even |
Level
(a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon |
Level
(a.) Even with anything else |
Level
(a.) Straightforward |
Level
(a.) Well balanced |
Level
(a.) Of even tone |
Level
(v. t.) To make level |
Level
(v. t.) To bring to a lower level |
Level
(v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun |
Level
(v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc. |
Level
(v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level |
Level
(v. i.) To be level |
Level
(v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally |
Lieutenant general
() An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. |
Line
(n.) Flax |
Line
(n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax. |
Line
(v. t.) To cover the inner surface of |
Line
(v. t.) To put something in the inside of |
Line
(v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense |
Line
(v. t.) To impregnate |
liner
line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single
line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double
line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple
line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
alteration modification
adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
terrain flight
low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
line of least resistance
path of least resistance | the easiest way, In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
occupation
business
job
line of work
line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
linebacker
line backer | (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| adjustment registration readjustment | the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
| line of duty | all that is normally required in some area of responsibility |
| line management | administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
| line | acting in conformity, in line with, he got out of line, toe the line |
lateral line
lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians, believed to detect pressure changes in the water |
| Abney level | a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target |
acoustic delay line
sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
| A-line | women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline, it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
| bus line | an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system |
| cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
| carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
| delay line | a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal |
delineation
depiction
limning
line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
digital subscriber line
DSL | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds |
drive line
drive line system | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle |
| Dumpy level | a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
| electromagnetic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of electromagnetic waves |
| feeder line | a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline) |
| fishing line | a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached |
floor level storey
story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
fuel line
gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
| gas line | a pipeline used to transport natural gas, the workmen broke through the gas line |
general anesthetic
general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
handline
hand line | a fishing line managed principally by hand |
| harpoon line | a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
| hot line | a direct telephone line between two officials |
inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic
inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |