Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet |
Angle (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet. |
Angle (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. |
Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner |
Angle (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." |
Angle (n.) A fishhook |
Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. |
Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice |
Angle (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice |
Crown side () See Crown office. |
Drift (n.) A driving |
Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting |
Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven |
Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like |
Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along |
Drift (n.) Anything driven at random. |
Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water |
Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. |
Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. |
Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. |
Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river. |
Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it |
Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. |
Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. |
Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft |
Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. |
Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. |
Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. |
Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. |
Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. |
Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. |
Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air |
Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind |
Drift (v. i.) to make a drift |
Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. |
Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps |
Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. |
Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted |
Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface |
Side (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest |
Side (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane |
Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body |
Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. |
Side (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe |
Side (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. |
Side (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other |
Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides |
Side (a.) Hence, indirect |
Side (n.) Long |
Side (v. i.) To lean on one side. |
slip elusion eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
slip slip-up miscue parapraxis | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
Freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
faux pas gaffe solecism slip gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act |
slip sideslip | a flight maneuver, aircraft slides sideways in the air |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
side-glance side-look | a glance sideways, she shot him an impatient side-glance |
high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
angle bracket angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
drift heading gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine, they dug a drift parallel with the vein |
drift net | a large fishnet supported by floats, it drifts with the current |
high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
pommel horse side horse | a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center, held upright by two steel supports, one at each end |
side | an extended outer surface of an object, he turned the box over to examine the bottom side, they painted all four sides of the house |
side chapel | a small chapel off the side aisle of a church |
side door side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
side pocket | a pocket on the side of a billiard table |
side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
side-wheeler | a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side |
side yard | the grounds at either side of a house |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
slip-on | an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side |
snare drum snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
straight chair side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
wide-angle lens fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
sideburn burnside mutton chop side-whiskers | facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
side | either the left or right half of a body, he had a pain in his side |
side | an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect), he was on the heavy side, he is on the purchasing side of the business, it brought out his better side |
drift purport | the pervading meaning or tenor, caught the general drift of the conversation |
side view | a view from the side of something |
supply-side economics | the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy, advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce |
drift trend movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion), not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book, a broad movement of the electorate to the right |
slant angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |