Accident
(n.) Literally, a befalling |
Accident
(n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case. |
Accident
(n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms. |
Accident
(n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper |
Accident
(n.) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness. |
Accident
(n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation |
Accident
(n.) Unusual appearance or effect. |
Apoplectic
(a.) Alt. of Apoplectical |
Apoplectic
(n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy. |
Apoplexy
(n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. |
By-stroke
(n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke. |
Dead-stroke
(a.) Making a stroke without recoil |
Seizure
(n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized |
Seizure
(n.) Retention within one's grasp or power |
Seizure
(n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of |
Stroke
(imp.) Struck. |
Stroke
(v. t.) The act of striking |
Stroke
(v. t.) The result of effect of a striking |
Stroke
(v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour. |
Stroke
(v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something |
Stroke
(v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing |
Stroke
(v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition |
Stroke
(v. t.) A sudden attack of disease |
Stroke
(v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart. |
Stroke
(v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished |
Stroke
(v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke |
Stroke
(v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided |
Stroke
(v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar |
Stroke
(v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished |
Stroke
(v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion |
Stroke
(v. t.) Power |
Stroke
(v. t.) Appetite. |
Stroke
(v. t.) To strike. |
Stroke
(v. t.) To rib gently in one direction |
Stroke
(v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing. |
Stroke
(v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to. |
Stroke
(v. t.) To row the stroke oar of |
| seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process |
capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| stroke stroking | a light touch with the hands |
| stroke | a single complete movement |
keystroke
key stroke | the stroke of a key, one depression of a key on a keyboard, the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work |
medal play
stroke play | golf scoring by total strokes taken |
| fits and starts | repeated bursts of activity, they worked in fits and starts |
stroke
shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand, it took two strokes to get out of the bunker, a good shot requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke
tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand
backhand stroke
backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
forehand
forehand stroke
forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
| stroke | any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing |
| swimming stroke | a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward |
butterfly
butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
golf stroke
golf shot
swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
| capture seizure | the act of taking of a person by force |
| seizure-alert dog | a dog that can alert or assist people with seizure disorders |
four-stroke engine
four-stroke internalombustion engine | an internalombustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke, work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke |
| freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
traumatology
accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
| stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush, she applied the paint in careful strokes |
| hair stroke | a very fine line in writing or printing |
solidus
slash
virgule
diagonal
stroke
separatrix | a punctuation mark (
) used to separate related items of information |
accident
stroke fortuity
chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
| accident | an unfortunate mishap, especially one causing damage or injury |
act of God
force majeure
vis major
inevitable accident
unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
throw
stroke
cam stroke | the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam |
fatal accident
casualty | an accident that causes someone to die |
| stroke | a light touch |
| stroke | the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew |
| stroke | (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club, Nicklaus won by three strokes |
seizure
ictus
raptus | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease, he suffered an epileptic seizure |
stroke
apoplexy
cerebrovascular accident
CVA | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
| epileptic seizure | convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness |
grand mal
generalized seizure
epilepsia major | a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body |
| focal seizure | transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity |
| absence absence seizure | the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc., common in petit mal epilepsy |
ischemic stroke
ischaemic stroke | the most common kind of stroke, caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) |
hemorrhagic stroke
haemorrhagic stroke | stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain |
| stroke | treat gingerly or carefully, You have to stroke the boss |
| stroke | strike a ball with a smooth blow |
| stroke | row at a particular rate |
| stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions, He stroked his long beard |
| accident-prone | having more than the average number of accidents |
| apoplectic | pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy, apoplectic seizure |
| cerebrovascular | of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it, a cerebrovascular accident |
| by fits and starts | intermittently, he worked on his book by fits and starts |