performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
| execution implementation carrying out | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order, the agency was created for the implementation of the policy |
reed bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus | European bunting inhabiting marshy areas |
| batten | a strip fixed to something to hold it firm |
batting
batten | stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber |
beatingeed instrument
reed instrument
reed | a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
| carpet loom | a loom for weaving carpeting |
| double reed | a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds |
doubleeed instrument
double reed | a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together |
figure loom
figured-fabric loom | a loom for weaving figured fabrics |
harmonium
organ reed organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
| high-warp loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically, for weaving tapestry |
Jacquard loom
Jacquard | a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads, used in weaving figured fabrics |
| loom | a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile |
| low-warp-loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally, for weaving tapestry |
| power loom | a loom operated mechanically |
| reed vibrating reed | a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it, the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece |
| reed pipe | organ pipe with a vibrating reed |
| reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
| reed section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments |
Reed
Walter Reed | United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (-) |
| Reed John Reed | United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in , founded the Communist Labor Party in America in , is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (-) |
giant reed
Arundo donax | large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles |
| reed grass | any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes, natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere |
feather reed grass
feathertop Calamagrostis acutiflora | a variety of reed grass |
Australian reed grass
Calamagrostic quadriseta | tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay |
reed meadow grass
Glyceria grandis | a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America |
reed canary grass
gardener's garters
lady's laces
ribbon grass
Phalaris arundinacea | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves, Europe and North America |
ditch reed
common reed
carrizo
Phragmites communis | tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles, widely distributed in moist areas, used for mats, screens and arrow shafts |
| reed | tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites |
salt reed grass
Spartina cynosuroides | tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows |
giant cane
cane reed
Arundinaria gigantea | tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets |
papyrus
Egyptian paper reed
Egyptian paper rush
paper rush
paper plant
Cyperus papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times |
sand sedge
sand reed
Carex arenaria | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States, rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla |
cat's-tail bullrush bulrush nailrod
reed mace
reedmace
Typha latifolia | tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down, its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats, of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa |
| bur reed | marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit |
reed rhapis
slender lady palm
Rhapis humilis | Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa |
carrying cost
carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
| carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan |
| batten | secure with battens, batten down a ship's hatches |
batten batten down
secure | furnish with battens, batten ships |
| loom | weave on a loom, materials loomed in Egypt |
loom
tower
predominate hulk | appear very large or occupy a commanding position, The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain, Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall |
| loom | come into view indistinctly, often threateningly, Another air plane loomed into the sky |
| brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |