Club
(n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand |
Club
(n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. |
Club
(n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc. |
Club
(n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it |
Club
(v. t.) To beat with a club. |
Club
(v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. |
Club
(v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end |
Club
(v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment |
Club
(v. i.) To form a club |
Club
(v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense |
Club
(v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out. |
Club-rush
(n.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush. |
Club-shaped
(a.) Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects. |
Houses
(pl. ) of House |
House
(n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House
(n.) Household affairs |
House
(n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House
(n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House
(n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House
(n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House
(n.) A public house |
House
(n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House
(n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House
(n.) An audience |
House
(n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House
(n.) The grave. |
House
(v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House
(v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House
(v. t.) To admit to residence |
House
(v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House
(v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House
(v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House
(v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
Lombard-house
(n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house
(n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house
(n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
Moot-house
(n.) A hall for public meetings |
Sugar-house
(n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined |
Tippling-house
(n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises. |
Tiring-house
(n.) A tiring-room. |
Treasure-house
(n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept. |
Trugging-house
(n.) A brothel. |
Weigh-houses
(pl. ) of Weigh-house |
Weigh-house
(n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed. |
| house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
| painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
| house arrest | confinement to your own home |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
house wren
Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin
Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
milk snake
house snake
milk adder
checkered adder
Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
domestic cat
house cat
Felis domesticus
Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
housefly
house fly
Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket
Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
house mouse
Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary
bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |
| beach house | a house built on or near a beach |
c Bedlam
booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
funny house
loony bin
madhouse
nut house
nuthouse
sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
boarding house
boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests |
brokerage house
brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
cabaret
nightclub
night club
club nightspot | a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink, don't expect a good meal at a cabaret, the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night, he played the drums at a jazz club |
chapterhouse
fraternity house
frat house | a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
charnel house
charnel | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
| club | stout stick that is larger at one end, he carried a club in self defense, he felt as if he had been hit with a club |
| club | a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it, he led a small club, clubs were trumps |
club car
lounge car | railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs |
| club drug | a controlled substance that is usually taken by young people at dance clubs and raves |
clubhouse
club | a building that is occupied by a social club, the clubhouse needed a new roof |
coach house
carriage house
remise | a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles |
| coal house | a shed for storing coal |
conference center
conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
| country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
death house
death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
| deck-house | a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship |
detached house
single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
detention home
detention house
house of detention
detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
discount house
discount store
discounter
wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
dollhouse
doll's house | a small model of a house used as a toy by children |
| dollhouse doll's house | a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything |
duplex house
duplex semidetached house | a house with two units sharing a common wall |
dwelling
home
domicile
abode
habitation
dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |
| field house | an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport |
| field house sports arena | a building for indoor sports |
| free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
gambling house
gambling den
gambling hell
gaming house | a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) |
| glebe house | a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice) |
golf club
golflub
club | golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball |
golflub head
club head
club-head
clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |