Air level
() Spirit level. See Level. |
Broken wind
() The heaves. |
Level
(n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular |
Level
(n.) A horizontal line or plane |
Level
(n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth |
Level
(n.) Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation. |
Level
(n.) A uniform or average height |
Level
(n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line. |
Level
(n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level |
Level
(n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. |
Level
(a.) Even |
Level
(a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon |
Level
(a.) Even with anything else |
Level
(a.) Straightforward |
Level
(a.) Well balanced |
Level
(a.) Of even tone |
Level
(v. t.) To make level |
Level
(v. t.) To bring to a lower level |
Level
(v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun |
Level
(v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc. |
Level
(v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level |
Level
(v. i.) To be level |
Level
(v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally |
Sea level
() The level of the surface of the sea |
Shear
(v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument |
Shear
(v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument |
Shear
(v. t.) To reap, as grain. |
Shear
(v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property |
Shear
(v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. |
Shear
(v. t.) A pair of shears |
Shear
(v. t.) A shearing |
Shear
(v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact |
Shear
(v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction. |
Shear
(v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer. |
Shear
(v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. |
Thick wind
() A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
Water level
() The level formed by the surface of still water. |
Water level
() A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n. |
Wind
(v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns |
Wind
(v. t.) To entwist |
Wind
(v. t.) To have complete control over |
Wind
(v. t.) To introduce by insinuation |
Wind
(v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about |
Wind
(v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly |
Wind
(v. i.) To have a circular course or direction |
Wind
(v. i.) To go to the one side or the other |
Wind
(n.) The act of winding or turning |
Wind
(n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity |
Wind
(n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action |
Wind
(n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
terrain flight
low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
wind
winding
twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
| wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
| second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart
farting
flatus
wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| 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 |
aeolian harp
aeolian lyre
wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |
| Dumpy level | a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
floor level storey
story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
level
spirit level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid |
level crossing
grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
| mason's level | a level longer than a carpenter's level |
| pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
| plumb level | a carpenter's level with a plumb line at right angles to it |
| shear | a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
| surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis, for measuring relative heights of land |
| water level | a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube |
weathervane
weather vane
vane
wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime
wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm
wind park
wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument
wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill
aerogenerator
wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
| wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
| wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
| wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
| wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
| second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
| windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
luminosity
brightness brightness level
luminance
luminousness
light | the quality of being luminous, emitting or reflecting light, its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun |
| elasticity of shear | the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force |
| windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
degree
grade
level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
| amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude |
| signal level | the amplitude level of the desired signal |
noise level
background level | the amplitude level of the undesired background noise |
| intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
| threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |
acoustic power
sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
utmost
uttermost
maximum
level best | the greatest possible degree, he tried his utmost |
| level | height above ground, the water reached ankle level, the pictures were at the same level |
| grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
| water level | the level of the surface of a body of water |
| sea level | level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide), used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth |
level
layer
stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, a good actor communicates on several levels, a simile has at least two layers of meaning, the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
| high-level formatting | (computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations |