safe harbor | the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive, the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor |
safe sex | sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS) |
condom rubber safety safe prophylactic | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse |
fail-safe | a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction |
meat safe | a safe for storing meat |
safe | strongbox where valuables can be safely kept |
safe | a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests |
safe-deposit safe-deposit box safety-deposit safety deposit box deposit box lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
safe house | a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations |
manner mode style way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
mode modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
asynchronous transfer mode ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
ecclesiastical mode Gregorian mode church mode medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
mode musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
major key major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
minor key minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
mood mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
modality mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement, switched from keyboard to voice mode |
safe period | that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation) |
safe | (of an undertaking) secure from risk |
latest a la mode(p) in style(p) in vogue(p) modish | in the current fashion or style |
safe | free from danger or the risk of harm, a safe trip, you will be safe here, a safe place, a safe bet |
fail-safe | eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction, a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident |
safe and sound unhurt | free from danger or injury, the children were found safe and sound |
safe(p) | having reached a base without being put out, the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball |
fail-safe | guaranteed not to fail, a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle |
dependable good safe secure | financially sound, a good investment, a secure investment |
a la mode | with ice cream on top or on the side, we served the apple pie a la mode |