Case
(n.) A box, sheath, or covering |
Case
(n.) A box and its contents |
Case
(n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
Case
(n.) An inclosing frame |
Case
(n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
Case
(v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case |
Case
(v. t.) To strip the skin from |
Case
(n.) Chance |
Case
(n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens |
Case
(n.) A patient under treatment |
Case
(n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law |
Case
(n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension |
Case
(v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases. |
Case-bay
(n.) The space between two principals or girders |
Case-bay
(n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. |
Case knife
() A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
Case knife
() A large table knife |
Case shot
() A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Counter
(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition |
Counter
(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up |
Counter
(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. |
Counter
(v. t.) Money |
Counter
(v. t.) A prison |
Counter
(v. t.) A telltale |
Counter
(v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted |
Counter
(adv.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) In the wrong way |
Counter
(adv.) At or against the front or face. |
Counter
(a.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. |
Counter
(adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. |
Counter
(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. |
Counter
(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot. |
Counter
(n.) An encounter. |
Counter
(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
Counter brace
() The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace
() A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Counter-compony
(a.) See Compony. |
Counter-couchant
(a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions |
Counter-courant
(a.) Running in opposite directions |
Counter-paly
(a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure. |
Counter-roll
(n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. |
Counter-salient
(a.) Leaping from each other |
Counter tenor
() One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble |
Counter weight
(n.) A counterpoise. |
Display
(v. t.) To unfold |
Display
(v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. |
Display
(v. t.) To spread before the view |
Display
(v. t.) To make an exhibition of |
Display
(v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. |
counterpunch
parry
counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
display
exhibit
showing | something shown to the public, the museum had many exhibits of oriental art |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
| trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss, a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case |
| counter-sabotage | counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage |
lawsuit
suit
case
cause
causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy, the family brought suit against the landlord |
| antitrust case | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place |
| custody case | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
wing case
elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
attache case
attache | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
| boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
buffet
counter sideboard | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room, has shelves and drawers |
| case | a portable container for carrying several objects, the musicians left their instrument cases backstage |
case display case
showcase
vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
case pillowcase
slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
case compositor's case
typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers, for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters |
| case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
| case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
case shot
canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
casing
case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening, the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced |
checkout
checkout counter | a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases |
| cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes, can be carried in a purse or a pocket |
computer screen
computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
| counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
| counter tabulator | a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens |
| counter heel counter | a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot, a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot |
| counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games |
| counter | (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) |
| counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
| crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
digital display
alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
dispatch case
dispatch box | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables |
display
presentation | a visual representation of something |
| display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
display adapter
display adaptor | (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display |
display panel
display board
board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
display window
shop window
shopwindow
show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
| dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
| dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
flat panel display
FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
Geiger counter
Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
| glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles |
| gun case | a case for storing a gun |
| letter case | case for carrying letters |
liquid crystal display
LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
| meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
| notions counter | counter where notions are sold |