heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
artillery heavy weapon gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
warhead payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
heavy | a serious (or tragic) role in a play |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
ground swell heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
double creme heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of % or more |
heavy cream | contains more than % butterfat |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
baryon heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
heavy hitter | an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in |
heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles |
lode load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
deuterium heavy hydrogen | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
heavy spar barite barytes barium sulphate | a white or colorless mineral (BaSO), the main source of barium |
heavy water deuterium oxide | water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors |
load adulterate stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
pack load down | load with a pack |
load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |
load charge | provide (a device) with something necessary, He loaded his gun carefully, load the camera |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance, load the bags onto the trucks |
take a look have a look get a load | look at with attention, Have a look at this!, Get a load of this pretty woman! |
load c | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |
bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands, a bumbling mechanic, a bungling performance, ham-handed governmental interference, could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature- Mary H. Vorse |
big(p) enceinte expectant gravid great(p) large(p) heavy(p) with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
load-bearing(a) supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
heavy-coated | wearing a heavy coat, heavy-coated policemen astride noble horses |
heavy lowering sullen threatening | darkened by clouds, a heavy sky |
clayey cloggy heavy | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained, the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated |
heavy profound sound wakeles | (of sleep) deep and complete, a heavy sleep, fell into a profound sleep, a sound sleeper, deep wakeless sleep |
heavy-handed roughshod | unjustly domineering, incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies, a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition |
heavy leaden | lacking lightness or liveliness, heavy humor, a leaden conversation |
a arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious operose punishing toilsome | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort, worked their arduous way up the mining valley, a grueling campaign, hard labor, heavy work, heavy going, spent many laborious hours on the project, set a punishing pace |
heavy labored laboured | requiring or showing effort, heavy breathing, the subject made for labored reading |
burdened heavy-laden loaded down | bearing a physically heavy weight or load, tree limbs burdened with ice, a heavy-laden cart, loaded down with packages |
fleshy heavy overweight | usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it |