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 |
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 |
risk peril danger | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury, he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime, there was a danger he would do the wrong thing |
safe sex | sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS) |
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 |
risk arbitrage takeover arbitrage | arbitrage involving risk, as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer, if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money |
brawl free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
risk risk of exposure | the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent |
risk risk of infection | the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred |
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 |
Free French Fighting French | a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic |
Free World | antiommunist countries collectively |
Free Soil Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, merged with the Liberty Party in |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
free port | a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels |
free port free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |