foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
brawl free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
bacteria bacterium | (microbiology) singleelled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission, important as pathogens and for biochemical properties, taxonomy is difficult, often considered to be plants |
bacteria order | an order of bacteria |
bacteria family | a family of bacteria |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
bacteria species | a species of bacteria |
eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria | a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls, motile types have flagella |
phototrophic bacteria phototropic bacteria | green and purple bacteria, energy for growth is derived from sunlight, carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon |
purple bacteria | free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll |
ring rot bacteria Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
nitric bacteria nitrobacteria | soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates |
nitrosobacteria nitrous bacteria | soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites |
thiobacteria sulphur bacteria sulfur bacteria | any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus |
enteric bacteria enterobacteria enterics entric | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria, most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals |
endospore-forming bacteria | a group of true bacteria |
potato scab bacteria Streptomyces scabies | cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue |
penicillinesistant bacteria | bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin |
pus-forming bacteria | bacteria that produce pus |
myxobacteria myxobacterium myxobacter gliding bacteria slime bacteria | bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime, inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
bacteria bed | layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms |
free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
grace grace of God free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
free will discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
nonparametric statistic distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
deism free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
rural free delivery RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
free morpheme free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
free verse vers libre | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |
free list | a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs |
parenthesis-free notation | a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
gluten-free diet | diet prescribed to treat celiac disease, eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten |
low-sodium diet low-salt diet salt-free diet | a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride), often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders |
free free people | people who are free, the home of the free and the brave |