Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet |
Angle (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet. |
Angle (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. |
Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner |
Angle (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." |
Angle (n.) A fishhook |
Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. |
Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice |
Angle (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice |
Attitude (n.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue. |
Attitude (n.) The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed |
Attitude (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood |
Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping |
Slip (n.) To slide |
Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place) |
Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding |
Slip (n.) To err |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly |
Slip (v. t.) To omit |
Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from |
Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place |
Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely |
Slip (n.) The act of slipping |
Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault |
Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock |
Slip (n.) A slender piece |
Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held |
Slip (n.) An escape |
Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself |
Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on. |
Slip (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman. |
Slip (n.) A child's pinafore. |
Slip (n.) An outside covering or case |
Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. |
Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. |
Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. |
Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts. |
Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn. |
Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. |
Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock |
Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings. |
Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. |
Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. |
Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid |
Slip (n.) A fish, the sole. |
Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip. |
Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. |
slip elusion eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
slip slip-up miscue parapraxis | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
Freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
faux pas gaffe solecism slip gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act |
slip sideslip | a flight maneuver, aircraft slides sideways in the air |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
attitude | a theatrical pose created for effect, the actor struck just the right attitude |
high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
angle bracket angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
slip-on | an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
wide-angle lens fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
position posture attitude | the arrangement of the body and its limbs, he assumed an attitude of surrender |
attitude mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways, he had the attitude that work was fun |
defensive defensive attitude | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') |
slant angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |
slip of the tongue | an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
bracket angle bracket | either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material |
dismissal dismission pink slip | official notice that you have been fired from your job |
slip trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall, he blamed his slip on the ice, the jolt caused many slips and a few spills |
hour angle | the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body |
mooring moorage berth slip | a place where a craft can be made fast |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
Angle | a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons |
slip | a young and slender person, he's a mere slip of a lad |
cutting slip | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
attitude | position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) |
helix angle | the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone |
angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect, the inclination of one line to another, measured in degrees or radians |
hour angle HA | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing, the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day |
plane angle | an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane) |
spherical angle | an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles |
solid angle | an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex) |
inclination angle of inclination | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) |