pincer pair of pincers tweezer pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
pliers pair of pliers plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
scissors pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
tongs pair of tongs | any of various devices for taking hold of objects, usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below |
virginal pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord, played (usually by women) in the th and th centuries |
eyes | opinion or judgment, in the eyes of the law, I was wrong in her eyes |
pair | a poker hand with cards of the same value |
pair | two people considered as a unit |
pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
au pair | a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework |
au pair girl | a foreign girl serving as an au pair |
white baneberry white cohosh white bead doll's eyes Actaea alba | North American herb with white poisonous berries |
baby blue-eyes Nemophila menziesii | delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
craps snake eyes | expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot |
d couple pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet distich duo duet dyad duad | two items of the same kind |
base pair | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands, the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA |
bamboozle snow hoodwink pull the wool over someone's eyes lead by the nose play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end, He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well |
match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, This fact is coupled to the other one, Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?, The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
copulate mate pair couple | engage in sexual intercourse, Birds mate in the Spring |
pair geminate | arrange in pairs, Pair these numbers |
pair geminate | occur in pairs |
feast one's eyes | look at with great enjoyment, She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape |
behold lay eyes on | see with attention, behold Christ! |
keep one's eyes peeled keep one's eyes skinned keep one's eyes open ,u | pay attention, be watchful, Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen |
pair pair off partner off couple | form a pair or pairs, The two old friends paired off |
stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance keep one's hands off stay away | stay clear of, avoid, Keep your hands off my wife!, Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous |
eyes-only | official classification for documents, meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed |