means agency way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
means | an instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
poor box alms box mite box | box for collecting alms, especially one in a church |
poor law | a law providing support for the poor |
Standard and Poor's Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
poor people poor | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group), the urban poor need assistance |
Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
white trash poor white trash | (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished |
man of means rich man wealthy man | a man who is wealthy |
poor devil wretch | someone you feel sorry for |
poor person have-not | a person with few or no possessions |
speller good speller poor speller | someone who spells words |
stupid stupid person stupe dullard dolt pudding head pudden-head poor fish pillock | a person who is not very bright, The economy, stupid! |
scarlet pimpernel red pimpernel poor man's weatherglass Anagallis arvensis | herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather |
Johnson grass Aleppo grass means grass evergreen millet Sorghum halepense | tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder, naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
butterfly flower poor man's orchid schizanthus | any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers |
poor rates | a local tax for the relief of the poor |
means substance | considerable capital (wealth or income), he is a man of means |
ways and means | resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) |
pusillanimous poor-spirited unmanly | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution, contemptibly fearful |
hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor wretched | deserving or inciting pity, a hapless victim, miserable victims of war, the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy, piteous appeals for help, pitiable homeless children, a pitiful fate, Oh, you poor thing, his poor distorted limbs, a wretched life |
poor | unsatisfactory, a poor light for reading, poor morale, expectations were poor |
poor | having little money or few possessions, deplored the gap between rich and poor countries, the proverbial poor artist living in a garret |
poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances, a poor land, the area was poor in timber and coal, food poor in nutritive value |
poor | characterized by or indicating poverty, the country had a poor economy, they lived in the poor section of town |
inadequate poor short | not sufficient to meet a need, an inadequate income, a poor salary, money is short, on short rations, food is in short supply, short on experience |
by all means | definitely or certainly, Visit us by all means |
by no means not by a long sight not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |
artificially unnaturally by artificial means | not according to nature, not by natural means, artificially induced conditions |
by hook or by crook by any means | in any way necessary, I'll pass this course by hook or by crook |