Alkali
(n.) Soda ash |
Alkali
(n.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. |
Blotting paper
() A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. |
Casse Paper
() Broken paper |
Fancy-free
(a.) Free from the power of love. |
Free
(superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others |
Free
(superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government |
Free
(superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. |
Free
(superl.) Not confined or imprisoned |
Free
(superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity |
Free
(superl.) Clear of offense or crime |
Free
(superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust |
Free
(superl.) Unrestrained |
Free
(superl.) Not close or parsimonious |
Free
(superl.) Exempt |
Free
(superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint |
Free
(superl.) Ready |
Free
(superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise |
Free
(superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all |
Free
(superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase |
Free
(superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic |
Free
(superl.) Certain or honorable |
Free
(superl.) Privileged or individual |
Free
(superl.) Not united or combined with anything else |
Free
(adv.) Freely |
Free
(adv.) Without charge |
Free
(a.) To make free |
Free
(a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars |
Free
(a.) To frank. |
Free-denizen
(v. t.) To make free. |
Free-hand
(a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Free-handed
(a.) Open-handed |
Free-hearted
(a.) Open |
Free-liver
(n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint |
Free-living
(n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. |
Free-love
(n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
Free-lover
(n.) One who believes in or practices free-love. |
Free-martin
(n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male. |
Free-milling
(a.) Yielding free gold or silver |
Free-minded
(a.) Not perplexed |
Free-soil
(a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery |
Free-spoken
(a.) Accustomed to speak without reserve. |
Free-swimming
(a.) Swimming in the open sea |
Free-tongued
(a.) Speaking without reserve. |
Free will
() A will free from improper coercion or restraint. |
Free will
() The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity. |
Lignin
(n.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents. |
Manila
(a.) Alt. of Manilla |
Marble
(n.) A massive, compact limestone |
Marble
(n.) A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble |
foul shot
free throw
penalty free throw
charity toss
charity throw
charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
paper chase
hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
| paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
extramarital sex
free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
| free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
brawl
free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty
pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
| Manila Bay | a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (), the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet |
paper nautilus
nautilus Argonaut
Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
freetail
free-tailed bat
freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
Nomia melanderi
alkali bee | a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States |
| paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
Dixie cup
paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
| free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
| free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
| marble | a small ball of glass that is used in various games |
| marble | a sculpture carved from marble |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
newspaper
paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher, when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
paper clip
paperclip
gem clip | a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together, the paper clip was invented in |
| paper cutter | a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size |
| paper doll | a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being |
| paper fastener | a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place |
| paper feed | a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter, the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged |
| paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| paper towel | a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
sack
poke
paper bag
carrier bag | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
| slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
| test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
weight free weight
exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
grace grace of God
free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
| free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
drop
dip
fall
free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
free will
discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
| paper tiger | the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual, he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth |
| free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
| free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
| free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
nonparametric statistic
distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
deism
free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
| paper | a medium for written communication, the notion of an office running without paper is absurd |