gainer full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
capacity | a specified function, he was employed in the capacity of director, he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary |
full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
capacity | the maximum production possible, the plant is working atper cent capacity |
dress suit full dress tailcoat tail coat tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
full-dress uniform | the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
full skirt | a long skirt gathered at the waist |
full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
capacity | tolerance for alcohol, he had drunk beyond his capacity |
seating capacity | the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. |
capacity | capability to perform or produce, among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism, limited runway capacity, a great capacity for growth |
brain brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
capacity mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
full page | something that covers an entire page, the ad took up a full page |
full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
period point full stop stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
full house | a poker hand with of a kind and a pair |
complement full complement | number needed to make up a whole force, a full complement of workers |
commercial bank full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
black body blackbody full radiator | a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it, a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium |
admiral full admiral | the supreme commander of a fleet, ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral |
cousin first cousin cousin-german full cousin | the child of your aunt or uncle |
full professor | a professor of the highest rank |
general full general | a general officer of the highest rank |
capacitance electrical capacity capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
Japanese maple full moon maple Acer japonicum | leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn, Japan |
volume unit capacity unit capacity measure cubage unit cubic measure cubic content unit displacement unit cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
metric capacity unit | a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
field capacity | the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
capacity | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive, the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes |
formatted capacity | (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive, the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk |
unformatted capacity | (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it |
capacity content | the amount that can be contained, the gas tank has a capacity of gallons |
vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer), used to determine the condition of lung tissue |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
full employment | the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed |
capability capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment, the capability of a metal to be fused |
full moon full-of-the-moon full phase of the moon full | the time when the Moon is fully illuminated, the moon is at the full |
term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
channel capacity | the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel |
utilize c | convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) |
wax full | increase in phase, the moon is waxing |
full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
use utilize utilise apply employ | put into service, make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose, use your head!, we only use Spanish at home, I can't use this tool, Apply a magnetic field here, This thinking was applied to many projects, How do you utilize this tool?, I apply this rule to get good results, use the plastic bags to store the food, He doesn't know how to use a computer |
be full | be sated, have enough to eat, I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please |
full | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening, full the cloth |