Air hole () A hole to admit or discharge air |
Air hole () A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air |
Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. |
Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast |
Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security |
Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope. |
Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. |
Anchor (n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead |
Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges |
Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor |
Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten |
Anchor (v. i.) To cast anchor |
Anchor (v. i.) To stop |
Anchor (n.) An anchoret. |
Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds. |
Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security. |
Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison |
Building (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build |
Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. |
Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. |
Building (n.) That which is built |
Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. |
Drilled (imp. & p. p.) of Drill |
Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. |
Hole (a.) Whole. |
Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity |
Hole (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal |
Hole (n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in |
Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball. |
Hole (v. i.) To go or get into a hole. |
Peeping hole () See Peephole. |
Pit-hole (n.) A pit |
Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag. |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sight-hole (n.) A hole for looking through |
Site (n.) The place where anything is fixed |
Site (n.) A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation |
Site (n.) The posture or position of a thing. |
Teaze-hole (n.) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced. |
bodybuilding anaerobic exercise muscle building musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
construction building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
shipbuilding ship building | the construction of ships |
construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |
morale building morale booster | anything that serves to increase morale, the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder |
air hole | a hole that allows the passage of air |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
anchor light riding light riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
apartment building apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
bank bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
Black Hole of Calcutta | a dungeon ( feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula, the next morning only were still alive |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
building edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place, there was a three-story building on the corner, it was an imposing edifice |
building block | a block of material used in construction work |
building complex complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
Capitol Capitol Building | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet |
church church building | a place for public (especially Christian) worship, the church was empty |
diplomatic building | government building in which diplomats live or work |
drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
ear hole | a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
farm building | a building on a farm |
finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
foxhole fox hole | a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire |
funk hole | dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk) |
glory hole lazaretto | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
grapnel grapnel anchor | a light anchor for small boats |
hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something |
hole golf hole | one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course, he played holes |
hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds |
medical building health facility healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
mooring anchor | an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place |
mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
posthole post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
Roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans |
sea anchor drogue | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel, prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind |