omission skip | a mistake resulting from neglect |
skip | a gait in which steps and hops alternate |
zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
jump rope skip rope skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
muteness silence | a refusal to speak when expected, his silence about my contribution was surprising |
secrecy secretiveness silence | the trait of keeping things secret |
twilight zone no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
silence quiet | the absence of sound, he needed silence in order to sleep, the street was quiet |
skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |
erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
language area language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
zone zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
comfort zone | the temperature range (between anddegrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating |
conspiracy of silence | a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event, there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality |
Antarctic Antarctic Zone South Frigid Zone | the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
zone | an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic |
zone geographical zone | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude |
climatic zone | any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
zone of interior | the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations |
Frigid Zone polar zone polar region | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole, characterized by frigid climate |
benthos benthic division benthonic zone | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
littoral litoral littoral zone sands | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
loading zone loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
no-parking zone | a space where automobiles are not allowed to park |
parking space parking zone | a space where an automobile can be parked |
free port free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |
Temperate Zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by temperate climate |
North Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer |
South Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn |
Torrid Zone tropical zone tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by a hot climate |
zone | a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features |
buffer zone buffer | a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict |
combat zone combat area | a military area where combat forces operate |
war zone | a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war) |
combat zone tenderloin | a city district known for its vice and high crime rate |
danger zone | a dangerous area |
demilitarized zone DMZ | a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited, tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea |
drop zone dropping zone | an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops |
kill zone killing zone | an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities |
enterprise zone | a city district where development receives special tax advantages |
strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
tidal zone | an area subject to tidal action |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
transit zone | a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers |
Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone | a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal |
abyssal zone | the deep sea ( meters or more) where there is no light |
continental slope bathyal zone bathyal district | the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone |