short sale
short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
| short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
whist
long whist
short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
shortstop
short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
nap
catnap
cat sleep
forty winks
short sleep
snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
| short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
harrier eagle
short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
| German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany,
pointer and
bloodhound |
short-horned grasshopper
acridid | grasshopper with short antennae |
| short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
short circuit
short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
| short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
| short line | a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
short pants
shorts
trunks | trousers that end at or above the knee |
| short sleeve | a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
stop bath
short-stop
short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
short bone
os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
short gastric artery
arteria gastrica breves
vasa brevis | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach |
| short saphenous vein | a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee |
short-term memory
STM
immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
| short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
short list
shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen |
| short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
note short letter
line billet | a short personal letter, drop me a line when you get there |
| short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
arietta
short aria | a short aria |
short shrift
summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
| short order | an order for food that can be prepared quickly |
irascibility
short temper
spleen
quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
| chuck short ribs | between the chuck and the brisket |
| short ribs | cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum |
Pepin
Pepin III
Pepin the Short | king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in (-) |
| short wave | a radio wave with a wavelength less than meters (a frequency greater than megahertz) |
shortleaf pine
short-leaf pine
shortleaf yellow pine
Pinus echinata | large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of - and red-brown bark when mature |
Short's aster
Aster shortii | perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers |
short-spurred fragrant orchid
Gymnadenia odoratissima | similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs |
shortgrass
short-grass | any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions, common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains |
hundredweight cwt short hundredweight
centner cental
quintal | a United States unit of weight equivalent to pounds |
short ton
ton net ton | a United States unit of weight equivalent to pounds |
| short account | a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own) |
| short-staple cotton | cotton with relatively short fibers |
clip
curtail cut short | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent, My speech was cut short, Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries |
truncate
cut short | make shorter as if by cutting off, truncate a word, Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains |
cut short break short
break off | interrupt before its natural or planned end, We had to cut short our vacation |
| cut short | cause to end earlier than intended, The spontaneous applause cut the singer short |
| sell short | underestimate the real value or ability of, Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge |
bypass
short-circuit
go around get around | avoid something unpleasant or laborious, You cannot bypass these rules! |
run low
run short
go | to be spent or finished, The money had gone after a few days, Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest |