Battering train
() A train of artillery for siege operations. |
Distance
(n.) The space between two objects |
Distance
(n.) Remoteness of place |
Distance
(n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course. |
Distance
(n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear |
Distance
(n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing. |
Distance
(n.) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape. |
Distance
(n.) Ideal disjunction |
Distance
(n.) Length or interval of time |
Distance
(n.) The remoteness or reserve which respect requires |
Distance
(n.) A withholding of intimacy |
Distance
(n.) Remoteness in succession or relation |
Distance
(n.) The interval between two notes |
Distance
(v. t.) To place at a distance or remotely. |
Distance
(v. t.) To cause to appear as if at a distance |
Distance
(v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3) |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long
(superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long
(superl.) Slow in passing |
Long
(superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long
(superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long
(superl.) Far-reaching |
Long
(superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long
(n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long
(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long
(n.) The longest dimension |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long
(adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long
(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long
(adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long
(adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long
(prep.) By means of |
Long
(a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long
(a.) To belong |
Long-armed
(a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed
(a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn
(a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned
(a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived
(a.) Having a long life |
Long primer
() A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois. |
Long-sight
(n.) Long-sightedness. |
Long-sighted
(a.) Able to see objects at a great distance |
Long-sighted
(a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand |
Long-sightedness
(n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted |
Long-sightedness
(n.) See Hypermetropia. |
Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Long-sufferance
(n.) Forbearance to punish or resent. |
Long-suffering
(n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time |
Long-suffering
(n.) Long patience of offense. |
Long-tongue
(n.) The wryneck. |
| long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
| long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist
long whist
short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
| long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
| long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
long-eared owl
Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs
long-legs
stilt plover
Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
| long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
long-horned beetle
longicorn
longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
long-horned grasshopper
tettigoniid | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
long-tailed porcupine
Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
longtail weasel
long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
albacore
long-fin tunny
Thunnus alalunga | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna, reaches pounds and has long pectoral fins, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
bellarmine
longbeard
long-beard
greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
| boat train | a train taking passengers to or from a port |
bolster
long pillow | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows |
bullet train
bullet | a high-speed passenger train |
| car train | a train that transports passengers and their automobiles |
commuter
commuter train | a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another |
ditch spade
long-handled spade | a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
freight liner
liner train | a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods |
freight train
rattler | a railroad train consisting of freight cars |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
| hospital train | a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital |
jointer
jointer plane
jointing plane
long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together |
| long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
| long johns | warm underwear with long legs |
| long sleeve | a sleeve extending from shoulder to wrist |
| long tom | a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy |
long trousers
long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
long underwear
union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
| mail train | a train that carries mail |
| passenger train | a train that carries passengers |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| subway train | a train that runs in a subway system |
train
railroad train | public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive, express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction |
| train | piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor, the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews |
| train set | a toy consisting of small models of railroad trains and the track for them to run on |
vaulting horse
long horse
buck | a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated, used lengthwise for vaulting |
long-sufferance
long-suffering | patient endurance of pain or unhappiness |
| distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points |
| mean distance | the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary |
focal distance
focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
| hyperfocal distance | the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear |
| distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
| skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |