blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement, all the clues led the police into blind alleys, so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley |
entrance entering entry ingress incoming | the act of entering, she made a grand entrance |
place kick place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
trick fast one a | a cunning or deceitful action or device, he played a trick on me, he pulled a fast one and got away with it |
fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
introduction debut first appearance launching unveiling entry | the act of beginning something new, they looked forward to the debut of their new product line |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
terrain flight low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
on the road on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
dead-man's float prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
away game road game | a game played away from home |
dummy whist | a form of whist with three players, four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up |
place bet | a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second |
road show | a show on tour |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
double entry double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
blind stitching | stitching that is not easily seen or noticed |
stead position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
dead reckoning | navigation without the aid of celestial observations |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
road construction | the construction of roads |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
topolatry place-worship | the worship of places |
fast fasting | abstaining from food |
market marketplace market place | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold, without competition there would be no market, they were driven from the marketplace |
road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
amphiuma congo snake congo eel blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet, of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
blind snake worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes |
western blind snake Leptotyphlops humilis | burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States |
Abney level | a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
AND circuit AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
arrival gate | gate where passengers disembark |
arterial road | a major or main route |
beltway bypass ring road ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
blank dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
blind | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters), he waited impatiently in the blind |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
bridle path bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
butt stub | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |