Merry-go-round
(n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
Quarter round
() An ovolo. |
Ring
(v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body |
Ring
(v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell |
Ring
(v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. |
Ring
(v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. |
Ring
(v. i.) To practice making music with bells. |
Ring
(v. i.) To sound loud |
Ring
(v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate |
Ring
(v. i.) To be filled with report or talk |
Ring
(n.) A sound |
Ring
(n.) Any loud sound |
Ring
(n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. |
Ring
(n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. |
Ring
(n.) Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person |
Ring
(n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed |
Ring
(n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight |
Ring
(n.) A circular group of persons. |
Ring
(n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. |
Ring
(n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. |
Ring
(n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. |
Ring
(n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium. |
Ring
(n.) A clique |
Ring
(v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring |
Ring
(v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark |
Ring
(v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout. |
Ring
(v. i.) To rise in the air spirally. |
Ring-necked
(a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Ring-streaked
(a.) Having circular streaks or lines on the body |
Ring-tailed
(a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Round
(v. i. & t.) To whisper. |
Round
(a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center |
Round
(a.) Having the form of a cylinder |
Round
(a.) Having a curved outline or form |
Round
(a.) Full |
Round
(a.) Not inconsiderable |
Round
(a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone |
Round
(a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape |
Round
(a.) Outspoken |
Round
(a.) Full and smoothly expanded |
Round
(a.) Complete and consistent |
Round
(n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
Round
(n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began |
Round
(n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
Round
(n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
Round
(n.) A circular dance. |
Round
(n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company |
Round
(n.) Rotation, as in office |
Round
(n.) The step of a ladder |
Round
(n.) A course ending where it began |
centering
snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back, the quarterback fumbled the snap |
catch
grab
snatch
snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
| snap roll | a fast roll |
| round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
| snap | the act of snapping the fingers, movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand, he gave his fingers a snap |
| round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
ring-around-theosy
ring-around-aosy
ring-aosy | a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat |
round of golf
round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
| round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance
ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
cinch breeze
picnic
snap duck soup
child's play
pushover
walkover
piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
| ring vaccination | administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient, prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization |
| round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
| round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
| ring containment | a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism, vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them, ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic |
ring rot bacteria
Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
ring ouzel
ring blackbird
ring thrush
Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
ringneck snake
ring-necked snake
ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
grass snake
ring snake ringed snake
Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar, common in England |
ring-necked pheasant
Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet
Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
| wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair
wirehaired terrier
wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
| griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
round-tailed muskrat
Florida water rat
Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
Madagascar cat
ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk
cacomistle
cacomixle
coon cat raccoon fox
ringtail ring-tailed cat
civet cat miner's cat
Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
round whitefish
Menominee whitefish
Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad
cigarfish
quiaquia
Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
arena theater
theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
| baling wire | wire used to make bales |
| band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
barbed wire
barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
beltway
bypass
ring road
ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
| binder ring-binder | holds loose papers or magazines |
boxing ring
prize ring | a square ring where boxers fight |
cannonball
cannon ball
round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
carabiner
karabiner
snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
| chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
circle
round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circus tent
big top
round top
top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
comforter pacifier
baby's dummy
teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
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 |
| curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
| engagement ring | a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal |
| gas ring | gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned |