gainer
full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
| full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
dress suit
full dress
tailcoat
tail coat
tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
| full-dress uniform | the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| full skirt | a long skirt gathered at the waist |
| full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
| full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
| full page | something that covers an entire page, the ad took up a full page |
| full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
period
point
full stop
stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
| full house | a poker hand with of a kind and a pair |
complement
full complement | number needed to make up a whole force, a full complement of workers |
commercial bank
full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
black body
blackbody
full radiator | a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it, a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium |
admiral
full admiral | the supreme commander of a fleet, ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral |
cousin
first cousin
cousin-german
full cousin | the child of your aunt or uncle |
| full professor | a professor of the highest rank |
general
full general | a general officer of the highest rank |
Japanese maple full moon maple
Acer japonicum | leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn, Japan |
a whole shebang
whole kit and caboodle
kit and caboodle
whole kit and boodle
kit and boodle
whole kit
whole caboodle
whole works
works
full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
| full employment | the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed |
full moon
full-of-the-moon
full phase of the moon
full | the time when the Moon is fully illuminated, the moon is at the full |
| term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
| wax full | increase in phase, the moon is waxing |
| full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering |
fill fill up
make full
| make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
| be full | be sated, have enough to eat, I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please |
| full | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening, full the cloth |
go all out
give one's best
do one's best
give full measure | perform a task as well as possible, The cast gives full measure every night |
full-length
uncut | complete, the full-length play |
full
good | having the normally expected amount, gives full measure, gives good measure, a good mile from here |
wide
wide-cut
full | having ample fabric, the current taste for wide trousers, a full skirt |
full of life
lively
vital | full of spirit, a dynamic full of life woman, a vital and charismatic leader, this whole lively world |
guardant(ip)
gardant(ip)
full-face | looking forward |
| entire full total | constituting the full quantity or extent, complete, an entire town devastated by an earthquake, gave full attention, a total failure |
| full-length | representing or accommodating the entire length, a full-length portrait |
| full-page | occupying an entire page in a book or paper, a full-page ad |
all-out
full-scale | using all available resources, all-out war, a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants |
fleshed out
full-clad | given substance or detail, completed, did not spring full-clad from his imagination, a plan fleshed out with statistics and details |
full
total | complete in extent or degree and in every particular, a full game, a total eclipse, a total disaster |
| full-blown | having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness, a full-blown financial crisis |
| full-dress | complete in every respect, a full-dress debate, a full-dress investigation |
neat
straight
full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
full-fledged
fully fledged | (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status, a full-fledged lawyer, by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist, sees itself as a fully fledged rival party |
| dress full-dress | (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes, a dress dinner, a full-dress ceremony |
| full-dress dress | suitable for formal occasions, formal wear, a full-dress uniform, dress shoes |
| full | containing as much or as many as is possible or normal, a full glass, a sky full of stars, a full life, the auditorium was full to overflowing |
chockablock(p)
chock-full
chockful
choke-full
chuck-full
cram full | packed full to capacity, chowder chockablock with pieces of fish |
| full-time | for the entire time appropriate to an activity, a full-time job |