Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. |
Cubic (a.) Alt. of Cubical |
Cubic (n.) A curve of the third degree. |
-meter () A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured |
Meter (n.) One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter. |
Meter (n.) An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. |
Meter (n.) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. |
Meter (n.) Alt. of Metre |
Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc. |
Metre (n.) A poem. |
Metre (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric. |
Metre (n.) See Meter. |
Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies |
Solid (a.) Not hollow |
Solid (a.) Having all the geometrical dimensions |
Solid (a.) Firm |
Solid (a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word |
Solid (a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem |
Solid (a.) Sound |
Solid (a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root |
Solid (a.) Impenetrable |
Solid (a.) Not having the lines separated by leads |
Solid (a.) United |
Solid (n.) A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles |
Solid (n.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness |
Timber (n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards |
Timber (n.) The crest on a coat of arms. |
Timber (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does. |
Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like |
Timber (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. |
Timber (n.) Fig.: Material for any structure. |
Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed |
Timber (n.) Woods or forest |
Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. |
Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber |
Timber (v. i.) To light on a tree. |
Timber (v. i.) To make a nest. |
Water meter () A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main. |
reading meter reading | the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments, he has a job meter reading for the gas company |
timber rattlesnake banded rattlesnake Crotalus horridus horridus | widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States |
timber wolf grey wolf gray wolf Canis lupus | a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America |
electric meter power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
gas meter gasometer | a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe |
gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
light meter exposure meter photometer | photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light |
meter | any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity |
parking meter | a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space, depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time |
postage meter | meter for bulk mailings that imprints correct prepaid postage on pieces of mail and records the total charge |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
timber | a beam made of wood |
timber | a post made of wood |
timber hitch | a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar, often supplemented by a half hitch |
water meter | meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet |
timbre timber quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
reading meter reading indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument, he could not believe the meter reading, the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm |
solid geometry | the geometry of -dimensional space |
solid-state physics | the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals, superconductivity, photoconductivity |
heroic verse heroic meter heroic | a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes, dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter |
meter metre measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure common meter | the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad |
food solid food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment, food and drink |
timber line timberline tree line | line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes |
forest woodland timberland timber | land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
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 |
meter maid | policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets |
giant timber bamboo madake kuhiku Phyllostachys bambusoides | large bamboo having thick-walled culms, native of China and perhaps Japan, widely grown elsewhere |
timber tree | any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber |
volume unit capacity unit capacity measure cubage unit cubic measure cubic content unit displacement unit cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
cubic inch cu in | the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side |
cubic foot cu ft | the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side |
square meter square metre centare | a centare is th of an are |
cubic yard yard | a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) |
cubic millimeter cubic millimetre | a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube millimeter on each edge |
milliliter millilitre mil ml cubic centimeter cubic centimetre cc | a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter |
liter litre l cubic decimeter cubic decimetre | a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions, now equal to , cubic centimeters (or approximately . pints) |
kiloliter kilolitre cubic meter cubic metre | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to liters |
cubic kilometer cubic kilometre | a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge |
meter metre m | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately . yards) |
kilogram-meter | a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter |
solid | a three-dimensional shape |
solid figure three-dimensional figure | a three-dimensional shape |
solid angle | an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex) |
regular polyhedron regular convex solid regular convex polyhedron Platonic body Platonic solid ideal solid | any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent |
solid solidness solid state | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress, resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it, and retains a definite size and shape |
lumber timber | the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material |
solid | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |