basket field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
canasta basket rummy meld | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers, jokers and deuces are wild, the object is to form groups of the same rank |
Venus's flower basket | a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework, found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
basket star basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
basket handbasket | a container that is usually woven and has handles |
basket basketball hoop hoop | horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball |
basket hilt | a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand |
basket weave | a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket |
bushel basket | a basket large enough to hold a bushel |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
clothes hamper laundry basket clothes basket voider | a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
drain basket | a filter in a sink drain, traps debris but passes water |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
in-basket in-tray | a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material |
litterbin litter basket litter-basket | bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish |
out-basket out-tray | a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
sewing basket | a workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored |
shopping basket | a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
threeentered arch basket-handle arch | a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
wicker basket | a basket made of wickerwork |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
Basket Maker | early Amerindians related to the Pueblo, known for skill in making baskets |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |
malheur wire lettuce Stephanomeria malheurensis | a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard, a threatened species |
basket flower Centaurea americana | annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |