bell ringer
bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
bell ringing
carillon
carillon playing | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
currawong
bell magpie | bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call |
tailed frog
bell toad
ribbed toad
tailed toad
Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
| wether | male sheep especially a castrated one |
| bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
| bell | the flared opening of a tubular device |
| bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
bellbottom trousers
bell-bottoms
bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
bell cote
bell cot | a small shelter for bells, has a gable or shed roof |
| bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
| bell foundry | a foundry where bells are cast |
| bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote |
bell jar
bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
| bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
bell seat
balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
| bell tent | a bell-shaped tent |
| bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
chime
bell gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer, used as an orchestral instrument |
| church bell | a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church), church bells were ringing all over town |
death knell
death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
| dinner bell | a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served |
| diving bell | diving apparatus for underwater work, has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air |
doorbell
bell buzzer | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed |
| electric bell | a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current |
| fire bell | a bell rung to give a fire alarm |
| Liberty Bell | the bell of Independence Hall, rung July to announce the signing of the Declaration of Independence |
| night bell | a doorbell to be used at night |
| school bell | a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class |
| sheep bell | a bell hung round the neck of a sheep so that the sheep can be easily located |
| shop bell | a bell attached to the door of a small shop, warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop |
sleigh bell
cascabel | a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh |
| telephone bell | electric bell that rings to signal a call |
tocsin
warning bell | a bell used to sound an alarm |
wind chime
wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
normal curve
bell-shaped curve
Gaussian curve
Gaussian shape | a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution |
| bell book | a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded |
| bell-like call | a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell |
electioneering
bell ringing
canvassing | persuasion of voters in a political campaign |
tocsin
alarm bell | the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) |
bell buoy
gong buoy | a buoy with a bell on it |
bell
toll | the sound of a bell being struck, saved by the bell, she heard the distant toll of church bells |
angelus bell
angelus | the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited |
| bell ringing | the sound of someone playing a set of bells |
| bell pepper | large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties |
bell apple
sweet cup
water lemon
yellow granadilla | the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle |
| bell captain | the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel |
| bell founder | a person who casts metal bells |
| bell ringer | someone who plays musical handbells |
| toller bell ringer ringer | a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) |