Double-handed (a.) Having two hands. |
Double-handed (a.) Deceitful |
Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed |
Free-handed (a.) Open-handed |
Handed (imp. & p. p.) of Hand |
Handed (a.) With hands joined |
Handed (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. |
Hard-handed (a.) Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. |
High-handed (a.) Overbearing |
Horny-handed (a.) Having the hands horny and callous from labor. |
Large-handed (a.) Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities |
Left-handed (a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right |
Left-handed (a.) Clumsy |
Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front |
Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men |
Lily-handed (a.) Having white, delicate hands. |
Open-handed (a.) Generous |
Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood |
Right-handed (a.) Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. |
Right-handed (a.) Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front |
Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right |
Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. |
Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one |
Single (a.) Alone |
Single (a.) Hence, unmarried |
Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others |
Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side |
Single (a.) Uncompounded |
Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful |
Single (a.) Simple |
Single (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number |
Single (v. t.) To sequester |
Single (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one. |
Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot |
Single (n.) A unit |
Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. |
Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain. |
Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side |
Single (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action |
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Single-handed (a.) Having but one hand, or one workman |
Single-hearted (a.) Having an honest heart |
Single-minded (a.) Having a single purpose |
Sinister-handed (a.) Left-handed |
Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious |
Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one |
Two-handed (a.) Having two hands |
Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
two-handed backhand | a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
detached house single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
racing skiff single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
single bed | a bed for one occupant |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
two-handed saw whipsaw two-man saw lumberman's saw | a saw with handles at both ends, intended for use by two people |
single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream coffee cream single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
left-handed pitcher left-hander left hander lefthander lefty southpaw | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
right-handed pitcher right-hander | (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand |
single nucleotide polymorphism SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |
single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone |
one I ace single unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number, he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it, they had lunch at one |
function mathematical function single-valued function map mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
single out | select from a group, She was singled out for her outstanding performance |
single | hit a single, the batter singled to left field |
single crochet single stitch | make by single stitching |
single-foot rack | go at a rack, the horses single-footed |
discriminate separate single out | treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
short-handed short-staffed undermanned understaffed | inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc., they're rather short-handed at the moment, overcrowded and understaffed hospitals |
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 |
left-handed | ironically ambiguous, a left-handed compliment |
single-bedded | having single beds |
mono monophonic single-channel | designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel |
single-celled one-celled | having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells) |
dextrorotary dextrorotatory right-handed | rotating to the right |
levorotary levorotatory left-handed | rotating to the left |
individual single | being or characteristic of a single thing or person, individual drops of rain, please mark the individual pages, they went their individual ways |
single(a) undivided exclusive | not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective, judging a contest with a single eye, a single devotion to duty, undivided affection, gained their exclusive attention |
handed-down tralatitious | having been passed along from generation to generation, among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor |
light-handed | having a metaphorically delicate touch, the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive- New Yorker |
single-handed | without help from others, a single-handed accomplishment |
cavalier high-handed | given to haughty disregard of others |
heavy-handed roughshod | unjustly domineering, incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies, a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition |
single-barreled single-barrelled | having one barrel, most guns are single-barreled |