heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
weight gaining | bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
artillery heavy weapon gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
sash weight | a counterweight for a sliding sash |
weight | an artifact that is heavy |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
equivalent equivalent weight combining weight eq | the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element, the standard is for oxygen |
weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
body weight | the weight of a person's body |
reporting weight | a person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) |
dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
throw-weight | the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) |
weight weightiness | the relative importance granted to something, his opinion carries great weight, the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed |
dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance |
heavy | a serious (or tragic) role in a play |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
ground swell heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force, bowed down by the weight of responsibility |
double creme heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of % or more |
heavy cream | contains more than % butterfat |
baryon heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
gainer weight gainer | a person who gains weight |
heavy hitter | an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in |
heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
weight weighting | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance |
weight unit weight | a unit used to measure weight, he placed two weights in the scale pan |
system of weights weight | a system of units used to express the weight of something |
avoirdupois avoirdupois weight | a system of weights based on the -ounce pound (or , grains) |
troy troy weight | a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones, based on a -ounce pound and an ounce ofgrains |
apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight | any weight unit used in pharmacy, an ounce is equal tograins and a pound is equal to ounces |
metric weight unit weight unit | a decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
gram atom gram-atomic weight | the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
deuterium heavy hydrogen | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
heavy spar barite barytes barium sulphate | a white or colorless mineral (BaSO), the main source of barium |
heavy water deuterium oxide | water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
slant angle weight | present with a bias, He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders |
carry weight | have influence to a specified degree, Her opinion carries a lot of weight |
weight-lift weightlift press | lift weights, This guy can presspounds |
burden burthen weight weight down | weight down with a load |
pull one's weight | do one's share in a common task, Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness |
bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands, a bumbling mechanic, a bungling performance, ham-handed governmental interference, could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature- Mary H. Vorse |
big(p) enceinte expectant gravid great(p) large(p) heavy(p) with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
heavy-coated | wearing a heavy coat, heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses |
heavy lowering sullen threatening | darkened by clouds, a heavy sky |
clayey cloggy heavy | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained, the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated |