Bell
(n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. |
Bell
(n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. |
Bell
(n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. |
Bell
(n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding |
Bell
(n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time |
Bell
(v. t.) To put a bell upon |
Bell
(v. t.) To make bell-mouthed |
Bell
(v. i.) To develop bells or corollas |
Bell
(v. t.) To utter by bellowing. |
Bell
(v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time |
Bell animalcule
() An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds. |
Bell bearer
() A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. |
Bell crank
() A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. |
Bell-faced
(a.) Having the striking surface convex |
Bell jar
() A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes |
Bell metal
() A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Bell-mouthed
(a.) Expanding at the mouth |
Bell pepper
() A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens. |
Bell-shaped
(a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell |
Cast
(imp. & p. p.) of Cast |
Cast
(v. t.) To send or drive by force |
Cast
(v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes. |
Cast
(v. t.) To drop |
Cast
(v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling. |
Cast
(v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. |
Cast
(v. t.) To throw off |
Cast
(v. t.) To bring forth prematurely |
Cast
(v. t.) To throw out or emit |
Cast
(v. t.) To cause to fall |
Cast
(v. t.) To impose |
Cast
(v. t.) To dismiss |
Cast
(v. t.) To compute |
Cast
(v. t.) To contrive |
Cast
(v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit |
Cast
(v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale) |
Cast
(v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold |
Cast
(v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype. |
Cast
(v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors |
Cast
(v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. |
Cast
(v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. |
Cast
(v. i.) To consider |
Cast
(v. i.) To calculate |
Cast
(v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold. |
Cast
(v. i.) To warp |
Cast
(v. i.) To vomit. |
Cast
() 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. |
Cast
(n.) The act of casting or throwing |
Cast
(n.) The thing thrown. |
Cast
(n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. |
Cast
(n.) A throw of dice |
bell ringer
bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
hurl
cast | a violent throw |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
| scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
| tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
| house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
| casting cast | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel |
bell ringing
carillon
carillon playing | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
| painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
| house arrest | confinement to your own home |
| cast roll | the act of throwing dice |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
currawong
bell magpie | bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call |
house wren
Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin
Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
tailed frog
bell toad
ribbed toad
tailed toad
Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
milk snake
house snake
milk adder
checkered adder
Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
domestic cat
house cat
Felis domesticus
Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
housefly
house fly
Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket
Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
house mouse
Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
black rat
roof rat
Rattus rattus | common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary
bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |
| beach house | a house built on or near a beach |
c Bedlam
booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
funny house
loony bin
madhouse
nut house
nuthouse
sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
| bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
| bell | the flared opening of a tubular device |
| bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
bellbottom trousers
bell-bottoms
bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
bell cote
bell cot | a small shelter for bells, has a gable or shed roof |
| bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
| bell foundry | a foundry where bells are cast |
| bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote |
bell jar
bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
| bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
bell seat
balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
| bell tent | a bell-shaped tent |
| bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
boarding house
boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests |
brokerage house
brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
cast
casting | object formed by a mold |
cast plaster cast
plaster bandage | bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal |