Cover-point
(n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Dew-point
(n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
Drop
(n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass |
Drop
(n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop |
Drop
(n.) Same as Gutta. |
Drop
(n.) Any small pendent ornament. |
Drop
(n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position |
Drop
(n.) A door or platform opening downward |
Drop
(n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. |
Drop
(n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. |
Drop
(n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. |
Drop
(n.) A drop press or drop hammer. |
Drop
(n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. |
Drop
(n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops |
Drop
(n.) The depth of a square sail |
Drop
(n.) Act of dropping |
Drop
(n.) To pour or let fall in drops |
Drop
(n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop |
Drop
(n.) To let go |
Drop
(n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion |
Drop
(n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. |
Drop
(n.) To send, as a letter |
Drop
(n.) To give birth to |
Drop
(n.) To cover with drops |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall in drops. |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively |
Drop
(v. i.) To let drops fall |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death. |
Drop
(v. i.) To come to an end |
Drop
(v. i.) To come unexpectedly |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall or be depressed |
Drop
(v. i.) To fall short of a mark. |
Drop
(v. i.) To be deep in extent |
Dust-point
(n.) An old rural game. |
Libration point
(n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
Point
(v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
Point
(n.) That which pricks or pierces |
Point
(n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
Point
(n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
Point
(n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
Point
(n.) An indefinitely small space |
Point
(n.) An indivisible portion of time |
Point
(n.) A mark of punctuation |
Point
(n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
Point
(n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
Point
(n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
Point
(n.) A small matter |
Point
(n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
Point
(n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
Point
(n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
point after
point after touchdown
extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
springboard
jumping-off point
point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
| three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
| drop | the act of dropping something, they expected the drop would be successful |
drop shot
dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
eyedrop
eye-drop | a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists |
waste
wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
| waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bluepoint
blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
| blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
centerboard
centreboard
drop keel
sliding keel | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
corner
street corner
turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
| diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point
breaker point
point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
drain
drainpipe
waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
| drop | a central depository where things can be left or picked up |
| drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
| drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
drop forge
drop hammer
drop press | device for making large forgings |
| drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
| drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
| dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
| dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
| gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
| gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
pendant earring
drop earring
eardrop | an earring with a pendant ornament |
| petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
| petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
| point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
| point power point | a wall socket |
| point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
| point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace
needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
spearhead
spearpoint
spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |
three-way switch
three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
well point
wellpoint | a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area |
| boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
| vanishing point | the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge |
| point spot | an outstanding characteristic, his acting was one of the high points of the movie |
| point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic, he knows my bad points as well as my good points |