Abduction
(n.) The act of abducing or abducting |
Abduction
(n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. |
Abduction
(n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being |
Abduction
(n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
Butting joint
() A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint
() A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Hooke's joint
() A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint
(n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint
(n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint
(n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint
(n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint
(n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint
(n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint
(n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint
(a.) Joined |
Joint
(a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint
(a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint
(a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint
(v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To join |
Joint
(v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint
(v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir
(n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Opening
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Open |
Opening
(n.) The act or process of opening |
Opening
(n.) A place which is open |
Opening
(n.) Hence: A vacant place |
Opening
(n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest |
Straight-joint
(a.) Having straight joints. |
Straight-joint
(a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. |
Straight-joint
(a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
Test
(n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. |
Test
(n.) Examination or trial by the cupel |
Test
(n.) Means of trial |
Test
(n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness |
Test
(n.) Discriminative characteristic |
Test
(n.) Judgment |
Test
(n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate |
Test
(v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel |
Test
(v. t.) To put to the proof |
Test
(v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent |
Test
(n.) A witness. |
Test
(v. i.) To make a testament, or will. |
Test
(n.) Alt. of Testa |
Water joint
() A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints. |
first step
initiative
opening move
opening | the first of a series of actions |
| abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body |
| opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
| opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening
chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
| abduction | the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member, if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife |
| joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
test
trial
run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial
clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial
preclinical test
preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
| test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
| screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT
MOT test
Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
test mental test
mental testing
psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test
IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
| Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
| personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach
Rorschach test
inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test
TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
| sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
glass lizard
glass snake
joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
| test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
| fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock
hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
| artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
| ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
butt joint
butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
| clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
dovetail
dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
| fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
hatchway
opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
hinge
flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
joint
marijuana cigarette
reefer
stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
| joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
| joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition
JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke
jook
juke joint
jook joint
juke house
jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |
knuckle joint
hinge joint | a joint allowing movement in one plane only |
lap joint
splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
miter joint
mitre joint
miter mitre | joint that forms a corner, usually both sides are bevelled at a -degree angle to form a -degree corner |
mortise joint
mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
neck
neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
| opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
| rabbet joint | a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards |
| rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |
scarf joint
scarf | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end |
| slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |