Base-court
(n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house |
Base-court
(n.) An inferior court of law, not of record. |
Clay
(n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. |
Clay
(n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body |
Clay
(v. t.) To cover or manure with clay. |
Clay
(v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. |
Clay-brained
(a.) Stupid. |
Court
(n.) An inclosed space |
Court
(n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary |
Court
(n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority |
Court
(n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign |
Court
(n.) Attention directed to a person in power |
Court
(n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. |
Court
(n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice |
Court
(n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. |
Court
(n.) The judge or judges |
Court
(n.) The session of a judicial assembly. |
Court
(n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. |
Court
(n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis |
Court
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery |
Court
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of |
Court
(v. t.) To attempt to gain |
Court
(v. t.) To invite by attractions |
Court
(v. i.) To play the lover |
Court-baron
(n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward |
Court-craft
(n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. |
Court-cupboard
(n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. |
Court-leet
(n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. |
Court-martial
(n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. |
Court-martialed
(imp. & p. p.) of Court-martial |
Court-martialing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court-martial |
Court-martial
(v. t.) To subject to trial by a court-martial. |
Court-plaster
(n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin. |
Court tennis
() See under Tennis. |
Pipe clay
() A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments. |
Player
(n.) One who plays, or amuses himself |
Player
(n.) One who plays any game. |
Player
(n.) A dramatic actor. |
Player
(n.) One who plays on an instrument of music. |
Player
(n.) A gamester |
Tennis
(n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. |
Tennis
(v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. |
| court game | an athletic game played on a court |
| deck tennis | game played mainly on board ocean liners, players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court |
tennis
lawn tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court |
| professional tennis | playing tennis for money |
royal tennis
real tennis
court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
table tennis
Ping-Pong | a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball |
tennis stroke
tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
| tennis lesson | a lesson in playing tennis |
| contempt of court | disrespect for the rules of a court of law |
| court-martial | a trial that is conducted by a military court |
court
homage | respectful deference, pay court to the emperor |
appearance appearing
coming into court | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
| badminton court | the court on which badminton is played |
| basketball court | the court on which basketball is played |
| cassette player | electronic equipment for playing cassettes |
| CD player | a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
| clay pipe | a pipe made of clay |
court
courtyard | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings, the house was built around an inner court |
| court | a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played, players had to reserve a court in advance |
| court courtroom | a room in which a lawcourt sits, television cameras were admitted in the courtroom |
| court | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman, the king will visit the duke's court |
| court plaster | a plaster composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to dress superficial wounds |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
| food court | an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) |
gym shoe
sneaker
tennis shoe | a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole |
| handball court | the court on which handball is played |
| home court | (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games |
court lawcourt
court of law
court of justice | a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws |
mechanical piano
Pianola
player piano | a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys |
mold mould molding moulding modeling
clay sculpture | sculpture produced by molding |
motor hotel
motor inn
motor lodge
tourist court
court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
record player
phonograph | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically |
| squash court | the indoor court in which squash is played |
table-tennis table
ping-pong table
pingpong table | a table used for playing table tennis |
table-tennis racquet
table-tennis bat
pingpong paddle | paddle used to play table tennis |
| tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
| tennis ball | ball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis |
| tennis camp | a camp where tennis is taught |
| tennis court | the court on which tennis is played |
tennis racket
tennis racquet | a racket used to play tennis |
| volleyball court | the court on which volleyball is played |
cadaver
corpse
stiff
clay
remains | the dead body of a human being, the cadaver was intended for dissection, the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse, the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river, honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay |
| court order | a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
| tennis match | a match between tennis players |
| court royal court | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state |
| Court of Saint James's | the British royal court |
| tennis club | a club of people to play tennis |
International Court of Justice
World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations |