Land (n.) Urine. See Lant. |
Land (n.) The solid part of the surface of the earth |
Land (n.) Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. |
Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality |
Land (n.) The inhabitants of a nation or people. |
Land (n.) The mainland, in distinction from islands. |
Land (n.) The ground or floor. |
Land (n.) The ground left unplowed between furrows |
Land (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc. |
Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat |
Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. |
Land (v. t.) To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft |
Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore |
Land (v. t.) To set down after conveying |
Land (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat |
Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. |
No-man's land () A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc. |
No-man's land () Fig.: An unclaimed space or time. |
Policy (n.) Civil polity. |
Policy (n.) The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered |
Policy (n.) The method by which any institution is administered |
Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor |
Policy (n.) Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs |
Policy (n.) Motive |
Policy (v. t.) To regulate by laws |
Policy (n.) A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds. |
Policy (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied |
Policy (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery |
Table-land (n.) A broad, level, elevated area of land |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
land reform | a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action) |
farming land | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life, farming is a strenuous life, there's no work on the land any more |
land development | making an area of land more useful |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
corncrake land rail Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
land line landline | a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits, a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
Polaroid camera Polaroid Land camera | a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds |
twilight zone no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
acreage land area | an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming), he wanted some acreage to build on |
clouduckoo-land | an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality |
Promised Land | the goal towards which Christians strive |
never-never land dreamland dreamworld | a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination |
defense program defense policy defence program defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
tax program tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
policy | a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group, it was a policy of retribution, a politician keeps changing his policies |
beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-my-neighbour policy beggar-my-neighbor strategy beggar-my-neighbour strategy | a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
floater floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government, they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation |
economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
zero-tolerance policy | any policy that allows no exception, a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests |
Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
nation land country | the people who live in a nation or country, a statement that sums up the nation's mood, the news was announced to the nation, the whole country worshipped him |
state nation country land commonwealth res publica body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
law of the land | a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law), today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process, the United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land' |
Adelie Land Terre Adelie Adelie Coast | a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia, noted for its large colonies of penguins |
fatherland homeland motherland mother country country of origin native land | the country where you were born |
Coats Land | a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea |
commons common land | a pasture subject to common use |
country state land | the territory occupied by a nation, he returned to the land of his birth, he visited several European countries |
domain demesne land | territory over which rule or control is exercised, his domain extended into Europe, he made it the law of the land |
Eden paradise nirvana heaven promised land Shangri-la | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace |
Enderby Land | a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land, claimed by Australia |
no man's land | an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies |
pasture pastureland grazing land lea ley | a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock |
Queen Maud Land | a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea, claimed by Norway |
site land site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located), a good site for the school |
tract piece of land piece of ground parcel of land parcel | an extended area of land |
plot plot of land plot of ground patch | a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation, a bean plot, a cabbage patch, a briar patch |
Victoria Land | a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land |
Wilkes Land | a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia, most of the territory is claimed by Australia |