Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly |
Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. |
Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight |
Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure |
Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together |
Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally |
Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc. |
Brace (n.) A pair |
Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers |
Brace (n.) Harness |
Brace (n.) Armor for the arm |
Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft. |
Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces |
Brace (v. t.) To draw tight |
Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely |
Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure |
Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces |
Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor |
Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross (n.) Church lands. |
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross (a.) Not parallel |
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross (prep.) Athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross (v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
hybrid crossbreed cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
ankle brace | a brace worn to strengthen the ankle |
back brace | a brace worn to support the back |
brace bracing | a structural member used to stiffen a framework |
brace bitstock | a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring |
brace braces orthodontic braces | an appliance that corrects dental irregularities |
brace | a support that steadies or strengthens something else, he wore a brace on his knee |
brace suspender gallus | elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) |
brace | a rope on a squareigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it |
brace and bit | a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it |
brace wrench | a wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head |
Calvary cross cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
Cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified, used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry |
cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
cross bit | a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges, used in mining |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
cross-stitch | embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X |
cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
knee brace | a brace worn to strengthen the knee |
Latin cross | a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others |
Lorraine cross cross of Lorraine | a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper |
Maltese cross | a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center |
neck brace | a brace worn to steady the neck |
papal cross | a cross with three crossbars |
patriarchal cross | a cross with two crossbars |
royal brace | a brace to secure the royal mast |
St. Andrew's cross saltire | a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length |
Station of the Cross | a representation of any of the stages in Christ's journey to Calvary |
structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
tau cross St. Anthony's cross | cross resembling the Greek letter tau |
thwart cross thwart | a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat, used as a seat in a rowboat |
crisscross cross mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles, measured in barns |
penis phallus member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
extremity appendage member | an external body part that projects from the body, it is important to keep the extremities warm |
crosslassification cross-division | classification according to more than one attribute at the same time, the crosslassification of cases was done by age and sex |