assumption laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
laying on | the act of contacting something with your hand, peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger |
laying on of hands | laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination |
laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
Virginia reel reel | an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines |
reel Scottish reel | a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders, marked by circular moves and gliding steps |
laying on of hands | the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body |
monotreme egg-laying mammal | the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
bobbin spool reel | a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound |
reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle, attached to a fishing rod |
reel | a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector |
metallurgy | the science and technology of metals |
powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
reel | music composed for dancing a reel |
laying egg laying | the production of eggs (especially in birds) |
rattle down rattle off reel off spiel off roll off | recite volubly or extravagantly, He could recite the names of all the chemical elements |
reel | wind onto or off a reel |
reel off unreel | unwind from or as if from a reel, unreel the tape |
stagger reel keel lurch swag careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements, The drunken man staggered into the room |
spin spin around whirl reel gyrate | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis, The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy |