Belt
(n.) That which engirdles a person or thing |
Belt
(n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle. |
Belt
(n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt |
Belt
(n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. |
Belt
(n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. |
Belt
(n.) A narrow passage or strait |
Belt
(n.) A token or badge of knightly rank. |
Belt
(n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. |
Belt
(n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ |
Belt
(v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt |
Belt
(v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. |
Highway
(n.) A road or way open to the use of the public |
Jinny road
() An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. |
Maoadam road
() A macadamized road. |
Ring
(v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body |
Ring
(v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell |
Ring
(v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. |
Ring
(v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. |
Ring
(v. i.) To practice making music with bells. |
Ring
(v. i.) To sound loud |
Ring
(v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate |
Ring
(v. i.) To be filled with report or talk |
Ring
(n.) A sound |
Ring
(n.) Any loud sound |
Ring
(n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. |
Ring
(n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. |
Ring
(n.) Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person |
Ring
(n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed |
Ring
(n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight |
Ring
(n.) A circular group of persons. |
Ring
(n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. |
Ring
(n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. |
Ring
(n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. |
Ring
(n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium. |
Ring
(n.) A clique |
Ring
(v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring |
Ring
(v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark |
Ring
(v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout. |
Ring
(v. i.) To rise in the air spirally. |
Ring-necked
(a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Ring-streaked
(a.) Having circular streaks or lines on the body |
Ring-tailed
(a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Road
(n.) A journey, or stage of a journey. |
Road
(n.) An inroad |
Road
(n.) A place where one may ride |
Road
(n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore |
Track-road
(n.) A towing path. |
knock
belt
rap
whack
whang | the act of hitting vigorously, he gave the table a whack |
| road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
| royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
on the road
on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
away game
road game | a game played away from home |
ring-around-theosy
ring-around-aosy
ring-aosy | a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat |
| road show | a show on tour |
round dance
ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
| highway robbery | robbery of travellers on or near a public road |
| ring vaccination | administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient, prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| ring containment | a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism, vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them, ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic |
| road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
ring rot bacteria
Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
ring ouzel
ring blackbird
ring thrush
Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
ringneck snake
ring-necked snake
ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
grass snake
ring snake ringed snake
Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar, common in England |
ring-necked pheasant
Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet
Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
Madagascar cat
ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk
cacomistle
cacomixle
coon cat raccoon fox
ringtail ring-tailed cat
civet cat miner's cat
Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
access road
slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
| arterial road | a major or main route |
| band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
| belt | a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) |
| belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys |
belt belt ammunition
belted ammunition | ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun |
| belt buckle | the buckle used to fasten a belt |
beltway
bypass
ring road
ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
| binder ring-binder | holds loose papers or magazines |
boxing ring
prize ring | a square ring where boxers fight |
bridle path
bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
carabiner
karabiner
snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
| cartridge belt | a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
comforter pacifier
baby's dummy
teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
conveyer belt
conveyor belt
conveyer
conveyor
transporter | a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |
| curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
divided highway
dual carriageway | a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions, in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
| driving belt | a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery |
| engagement ring | a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal |
expressway
freeway
motorway
pike state highway
superhighway
throughway
thruway | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
| fan belt | a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator |
frontage road
service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
garter belt
suspender belt | a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it, worn by women to hold up stockings |
| gas ring | gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned |
highroad
trunk road | a highway |
highway
main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |