gross anatomy macroscopic anatomy | the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope |
clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
coordinate clause | a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function |
subordinate clause dependent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb |
relative clause | a clause introduced by a relative pronoun, `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill' |
restrictive clause | a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
nonrestrictive clause descriptive clause | a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
article clause | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
arbitration clause | a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract |
escalator clause escalator | a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) |
reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration, the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
enabling act enabling clause | a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law |
gross estate | the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death |
gross revenue receipts | the entire amount of income before any deductions are made |
gross national product GNP | former measure of the United States economy, the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually yr) |
real gross national product real GNP | a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation |
gross domestic product GDP | the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in , the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually year) |
gross profit gross profit margin margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold |
gross sales gross revenue sales | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time |
margin of profit profit margin gross margin | the ratio gross profits divided by net sales |
long ton ton gross ton | a British unit of weight equivalent topounds |
gross | twelve dozen |
great gross | a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross |
grandfather clause | an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy, used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War |
freak out freak gross out | lose one's nerve, When he saw the accident, he freaked out |
disgust gross out revolt repel | fill with distaste, This spoilt food disgusts me |
gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. |
crying(a) egregious flagrant glaring gross rank | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible, a crying shame, an egregious lie, flagrant violation of human rights, a glaring error, gross ineptitude, gross injustice, rank treachery |
crude earthy gross vulgar | conspicuously and tastelessly indecent, coarse language, a crude joke, crude behavior, an earthy sense of humor, a revoltingly gross expletive, a vulgar gesture, full of language so vulgar it should have been edited |
gross porcine | repellently fat, a bald porcine old man |
e arrant(a) complete(a) consummate(a) double-dyed(a) everlasting(a) gross(a) perfect(a) pure(a) sodding(a) stark(a) staring(a) thoroughgoing(a) utter(a) unadulterated | without qualification, used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers, an arrant fool, a complete coward, a consummate fool, a double-dyed villain, gross negligence, a perfect idiot, pure folly, what a sodding mess, stark staring mad, a thoroughgoing villain, utter nonsense, the unadulterated truth |