Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter |
Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts |
Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. |
Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. |
Conductor (n.) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity |
Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc. |
Conductor (n.) Same as Leader. |
Earth (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit |
Earth (n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water |
Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock |
Earth (n.) A part of this globe |
Earth (n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things |
Earth (n.) The people on the globe. |
Earth (n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria. |
Earth (n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta. |
Earth (n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself |
Earth (v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth |
Earth (v. t.) To cover with earth or mold |
Earth (v. i.) To burrow. |
Earth (n.) A plowing. |
Earth flax () A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. |
Earth shine () See Earth light, under Earth. |
Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. |
Grounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ground |
Grounding (n.) The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation |
Middle-earth (n.) The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
grounding earthing | fastening electrical equipment to earth |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
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 |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
conductor | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. |
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 |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
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 |
lightning rod lightning conductor | a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground, protects the building from destruction by lightning |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
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 |
worldly concern earthly concern world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
foundation grounding | education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge, he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study, a good grounding in mathematics |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
tremor earth tremor microseism | a small earthquake |
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 |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
Earth earth | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell), it was hell on earth |
hell hell on earth hellhole snake pit the pits inferno | any place of pain and turmoil, the hell of battle, the inferno of the engine room, when you're alone Christmas is the pits, |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
crust Earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth |
Earth earth world globe | the rd planet from the sun, the planet we live on, the Earth moves around the sun, he sailed around the world |
land dry land earth ground solid ground terra firma | the solid part of the earth's surface, the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land, the earth shook for several minutes, he dropped the logs on the ground |
surface Earth's surface | the outermost level of the land or sea, earthquakes originate far below the surface, three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water |
earth-god earth god | a god of fertility and vegetation |
earth-goddess earth goddess | a goddess of fertility and vegetation |
earth mother | the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility |
conductor music director director | the person who leads a musical group |
conductor | the person who collects fares on a public conveyance |
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 |
lion's foot gall of the earth Nabalus serpentarius Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
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 |