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 |
standing | the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
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 |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
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 |
menhir standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
standing press | a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand, there was standing room for thousands more people |
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 |
standing | an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event |
standing order | a rule of order permanently in force |
ovation standing ovation | enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) |
parenthesis-free notation | a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
standing wave stationary wave | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time |
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 |
rib roast standing rib roast | a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs |
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 |
standing committee | a permanent committee |
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 |
standing army | a permanent army of paid soldiers |
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 |
Free State Orange Free State | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers, named Free State in |