Assault
(n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc. |
Assault
(n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like |
Assault
(n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another |
Assault
(n.) To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men |
Assault
(n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects |
Burgess-ship
(n.) The state of privilege of a burgess. |
Gauger-ship
(n.) The office of a gauger. |
High-churchman-ship
(n.) The state of being a high-churchman. |
Hostess-ship
(n.) The character, personality, or office of a hostess. |
Landing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land |
Landing
(a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. |
Landing
(n.) A going or bringing on shore. |
Landing
(n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc. |
Landing
(n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another. |
Light-ship
(n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners. |
Lode-ship
(n.) An old name for a pilot boat. |
Log-ship
(n.) A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2. |
-ship
(n.) A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art |
Ship
(n.) Pay |
Ship
(n.) Any large seagoing vessel. |
Ship
(n.) Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. |
Ship
(n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. |
Ship
(v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation |
Ship
(v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance |
Ship
(v. t.) Hence, to send away |
Ship
(v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship |
Ship
(v. t.) To receive on board ship |
Ship
(v. t.) To put in its place |
Ship
(v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel |
Ship
(v. i.) To embark on a ship. |
Ship-rigged
(a.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. |
| landing | the act of coming to land after a voyage |
| landing | the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface), the plane made a smooth landing, his landing on his feet was catlike |
forced landing
emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
| amphibious landing | a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion, MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines |
| landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
blind flying
blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
aircraft landing
airplane landing | landing an aircraft |
| crash landing | an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) |
| three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
| instrument landing | an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments |
| assault | a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
| aggravated assault | a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon) |
battery
assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
rape
violation assault ravishment | the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will |
sexual assault
sexual abuse
sex crime
sex offense | a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
shipbuilding
ship building | the construction of ships |
| diversionary landing | an amphibious diversionary attack |
| assault | close fighting during the culmination of a military attack |
| amphibious assault | an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships |
Shiloh
battle of Shiloh
battle of Pittsburgh Landing | the second great battle of the American Civil War (), the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory |
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abandoned ship
derelict | a ship abandoned on the high seas |
airfield
landing field
flying field
field | a place where planes take off and land |
airstrip
flight strip
landing strip
strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
| assault gun | an armored vehicle with the chassis of a tank (but no turret) and a large gun, used as an antitank weapon and to support infantry |
assault rifle
assault gun | any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use |
bottom
freighter
merchantman
merchant ship | a cargo ship, they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms |
| capital ship | a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
cargo ship
cargo vessel | a ship designed to carry cargo |
| clipper clipper ship | a fast sailing ship used in former times |
container ship
containership
container vessel | a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes, the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceedpounds |
cruise ship
cruise liner | a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |
| factory ship | a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea |
| fire ship | a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships |
flight deck
landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
galley
ship's galley
caboose cookhouse | the area for food preparation on a ship |
| gas-turbine ship | a ship powered by a gas turbine |
| guard ship | a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron |
| hospital ship | a ship built to serve as a hospital, used for wounded in wartime |
landing
landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods |
| landing | an intermediate platform in a staircase |
| landing craft | naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment |
| landing flap | a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing |
| landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
| landing net | a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water |
| landing skid | one of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter |
| landing stage | platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded |
| Liberty ship | a slow cargo ship built during World War II |
man-of-war
ship of the line | a warship intended for combat |
| nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |