Breast-high (a.) High as the breast. |
Bude light () A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil. |
Chock-full (a.) Quite full |
Choke-full (a.) Full to the brim |
Crown-post (n.) Same as King-post. |
Deep-read (a.) Profoundly book- learned. |
Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime |
Ex post facto () Alt. of Ex postfacto |
Full (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain |
Full (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided |
Full (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality |
Full (Compar.) Sated |
Full (Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas |
Full (Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. |
Full (Compar.) Filled with emotions. |
Full (Compar.) Impregnated |
Full (n.) Complete measure |
Full (adv.) Quite |
Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated |
Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth |
Full (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened |
Full-blooded (a.) Having a full supply of blood. |
Full-blooded (a.) Of pure blood |
Full-bloomed (a.) Like a perfect blossom. |
Full-blown (a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom |
Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail. |
Full-bottomed (a.) Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain. |
Full-bottomed (a.) Of great capacity below the water line. |
Full-butt (adv.) With direct and violentop position |
Full-drive (adv.) With full speed. |
Full-formed (a.) Full in form or shape |
Full-grown (a.) Having reached the limits of growth |
Full-hearted (a.) Full of courage or confidence. |
Full-hot (a.) Very fiery. |
Full-manned (a.) Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship. |
Full-orbed (a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated |
Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set, |
Full-winged (a.) Having large and strong or complete wings. |
Full-winged (a.) Beady for flight |
Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting |
Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital |
Generation (n.) That which is generated or brought forth |
Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent |
Generation (n.) Race |
Generation (n.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude |
Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction. |
Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading |
High (v. i.) To hie. |
High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High (superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
autopsy necropsy postmortem post-mortem PM postmortem examination post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
ligation | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) |
tubal ligation | a sterilization procedure with women, both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations |
light adaptation | the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination, the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative |
high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
gainer full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
all fours high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks high jinks hijinks high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
light show | a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
human reproductive cloning | the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being, generally considered ethically unacceptable |
Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort |
extravagance prodigality lavishness highlife high life | excessive spending |
treason high treason lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
pilot project pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
Manhattan Project | code name for the secret United States project set up in to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
generation multiplication propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
light reflex pupillary reflex miosis myosis | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
generation | the production of heat or electricity, dams were built for the generation of electricity |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
high technology high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
human Tell leukemia virus- HTLV- | retrovirus causing Tell leukemia |
human immunodeficiency virus HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), it replicates in and kills the helper T cells |
human papilloma virus | any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
long-eared owl Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs long-legs stilt plover Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
long-horned beetle longicorn longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |