Breast-high
(a.) High as the breast. |
Brequet chain
() A watch-guard. |
Chain
(n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. |
Chain
(n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain |
Chain
(n.) A series of things linked together |
Chain
(n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
Chain
(n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds |
Chain
(n.) The warp threads of a web. |
Chain
(v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain |
Chain
(v. t.) To keep in slavery |
Chain
(v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
Chain
(v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
Chain
(v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
Chain pump
() A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Chain stitch
() An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain |
Chain stitch
() A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Gunter's chain
() The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale. |
High
(v. i.) To hie. |
High
(superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High
(superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
High
(superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual |
High
(superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like |
High
(superl.) Of noble birth |
High
(superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like |
High
(superl.) Very abstract |
High
(superl.) Costly |
High
(superl.) Arrogant |
High
(superl.) Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree |
High
(superl.) Strong-scented |
High
(superl.) Acute or sharp |
High
(superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11. |
High
(adv.) In a high manner |
High
(n.) An elevated place |
High
(n.) People of rank or high station |
High
(n.) The highest card dealt or drawn. |
High
(v. i.) To rise |
High-blown
(a.) Inflated, as with conceit. |
High-bred
(a.) Bred in high life |
High-built
(a.) Of lofty structure |
High-church
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a. |
High-churchism
(n.) The principles of the high-church party. |
High-churchman
(n.) One who holds high-church principles. |
High-churchman-ship
(n.) The state of being a high-churchman. |
High-colored
(a.) Having a strong, deep, or glaring color |
High-colored
(a.) Vivid |
High-embowed
(a.) Having lofty arches. |
High-fed
(a.) Pampered |
High-finished
(a.) Finished with great care |
| high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
| round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
| round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
round of golf
round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
| high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks
high jinks
hijinks
high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
| round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance
ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
treason
high treason
lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
| round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity
hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| 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 |
| high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
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 |
round-tailed muskrat
Florida water rat
Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
stepper
high stepper | a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
round whitefish
Menominee whitefish
Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
chain pickerel
chain pike
Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
round scad
cigarfish
quiaquia
Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
arena theater
theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
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 |
Aswan High Dam
High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
atomic pile
atomic reactor
pile
chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
| ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
booster booster amplifier
booster station
relay link
relay station
relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
cannonball
cannon ball
round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
| chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
| chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
| chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
| chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw
chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
| chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
| chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |
| chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
| chain tongs | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes, an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe |
| chain wrench | another name for chain tongs |
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 |
| daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |