Air hole
() A hole to admit or discharge air |
Air hole
() A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air |
Black hole
() A dungeon or dark cell in a prison |
Blank
(a.) Of a white or pale color |
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(a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks |
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(a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited. |
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(a.) Empty |
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(a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety |
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(a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc. |
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(a.) Absolute |
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(n.) Any void space |
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(n.) A lot by which nothing is gained |
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(n.) A paper unwritten |
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(n.) A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc. |
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(n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot |
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(n.) Aim |
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(n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence |
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(n.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. |
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(n.) A piece or division of a piece, without spots |
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(v. t.) To make void |
Blank
(v. t.) To blanch |
Cat-hole
(n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. |
Center
(n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle |
Center
(n.) The middle or central portion of anything. |
Center
(n.) A principal or important point of concentration |
Center
(n.) The earth. |
Center
(n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left. |
Center
(n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. |
Center
(n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. |
Center
(n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. |
Center
(v. i.) Alt. of Centre |
Centre
(v. i.) To be placed in a center |
Centre
(v. i.) To be collected to a point |
Center
(v. t.) Alt. of Centre |
Centre
(v. t.) To place or fix in the center or on a central point. |
Centre
(v. t.) To collect to a point |
Centre
(v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. |
Centre
(n. & v.) See Center. |
Hand-hole
(n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. |
Hole
(a.) Whole. |
Hole
(n.) A hollow place or cavity |
Hole
(n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal |
Hole
(n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in |
Hole
(n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. |
Hole
(v. i.) To go or get into a hole. |
Peeping hole
() See Peephole. |
Pit-hole
(n.) A pit |
Point-blank
(n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. |
Point-blank
(n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. |
Point-blank
(n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal. |
center field
centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
| center | a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game |
| center | (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play, it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback |
| center | the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game |
| air hole | a hole that allows the passage of air |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
| Black Hole of Calcutta | a dungeon ( feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula, the next morning only were still alive |
blank
dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
| blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something |
bore
bore-hole
drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bullpen
detention cell
detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
| burn center | a center where patients with severe burns can be treated |
buttonhole
button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
call center
call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center
centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit
centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
center field
centerfield
center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher, he hit the ball to deep center |
| center punch | a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling) |
community center
civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
conference center
conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
day nursery
day care center | a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
| ear hole | a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears |
| entertainment center | a wall unit containing sound and television systems |
| finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
| finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
foxhole
fox hole | a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire |
| funk hole | dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk) |
glory hole
lazaretto | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
| hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something |
| hole golf hole | one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course, he played holes |
| hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
lacuna
blank | a blank gap or missing part |
| lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds |
| mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
| nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed |
planchet
coin blank | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin |
plaza mall center shopping mall
shopping center
shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
posthole
post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger
post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
| shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
| smoke hole | a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape |
| sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
| student center | a center for student activities at a college or university |
vent
venthole
vent-hole
blowhole | a hole for the escape of gas or air |
World Trade Center
WTC
twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
dead center
dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature
centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
trap
cakehole
hole
maw
yap
gob | informal terms for the mouth |