Love-making (n.) Courtship. |
Making (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make |
Making (n.) The act of one who makes |
Making (n.) Composition, or structure. |
Making (n.) a poem. |
Making (n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition |
Making (n.) External appearance |
Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in. |
Making-up (n.) The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof. |
Making-up (n.) The act of becoming reconciled or friendly. |
Mischief-making (a.) Causing harm |
Mischief-making (n.) The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc. |
Money-making (n.) The act or process of making money |
Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns |
Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim |
Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger |
Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. |
Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. |
Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. |
Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment |
Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable |
Spinner (n.) One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning |
Spinner (n.) A spider. |
Spinner (n.) A goatsucker |
Spinner (n.) A spinneret. |
Water spinner () The water spider. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers |
a mischief mischief-making mischievousness deviltry devilry devilment rascality roguery roguishness shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising fashioning making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
smoke screen smokescreen | an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure, requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures |
winemaking wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
web spinner | any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin |
slave-making ant slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
background desktop screen background | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
computer screen computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
fire screen fireguard | a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
rood screen | a screen in a church, separates the nave from the choir or chancel |
screen | a protective covering consisting of netting, can be mounted in a frame, they put screens in the windows for protection against insects, a metal screen protected the observers |
screen cover covert concealment | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, a screen of trees afforded privacy, under cover of darkness, the brush provided a covert for game, the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background |
screen | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space |
screen CRT screen | the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathodeay tube |
screen silver screen projection screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
screen door screen | a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting, used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door, he heard the screen slam as she left |
screen saver | (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time, screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long |
sieve screen | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
silkscreen silk screen print serigraph | a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil |
smoke screen smokescreen | (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements |
spinner | fisherman's lure, revolves when drawn through the water |
spinner | board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
touch screen touchscreen | a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wide screen | a projection screen that is much wider than it is high |
window screen | screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |