Activity (n.) The state or quality of being active |
Bude light () A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil. |
Disc (n.) A flat round plate |
Disc (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals |
Disk (n.) A discus |
Disk (n.) A flat, circular plate |
Disk (n.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. |
Disk (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals |
Disk (n.) The whole surface of a leaf. |
Disk (n.) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. |
Disk (n.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil. |
Disk (n.) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones. |
Disk (n.) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. |
Disk (n.) In owls, the space around the eyes. |
Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one |
Drive (v. t.) To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them |
Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward |
Drive (v. t.) To carry or |
Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained. |
Drive (v. t.) To dig Horizontally |
Drive (v. t.) To pass away |
Drive (v. i.) To rush and press with violence |
Drive (v. i.) To be forced along |
Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage |
Drive (v. i.) To press forward |
Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent. |
Drive (p. p.) Driven. |
Drive (n.) The act of driving |
Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving |
Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion |
Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. |
Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven |
Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime |
Full-drive (adv.) With full speed. |
Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts |
Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to accomplish |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to resist or control |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to please or influence |
Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste |
Hard (superl.) Rough |
Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance |
Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance |
Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures |
Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
Hard (adv.) With pressure |
Hard (adv.) With difficulty |
Hard (adv.) Uneasily |
Hard (adv.) So as to raise difficulties. |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
bond trading bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
liner line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
light adaptation | the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination, the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative |
subversion subversive activity | the act of subverting, as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government |
drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
drive ride | a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile), he took the family for a drive in his new car |
cattle drive | driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) |
drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland |
activity | any specific behavior, they avoided all recreational activity |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
light show | a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns |
drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
backhand drive | a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
fundaising campaign fundaising drive fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
sexual activity sexual practice sex sex activity | activities associated with sexual intercourse, they had sex in the back seat |
light reflex pupillary reflex miosis myosis | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
sensory activity | activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result |
education instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
extracurricular activity | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum |
creation creative activity | the human act of creating |
intelligence intelligence activity intelligence operation | the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
business activity commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
government governing governance government activity administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
blastoderm germinal disc blastodisc germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
hard tick ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
acetate disk phonograph recording disk | a disk coated with cellulose acetate |
anchor light riding light riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
arc lamp arc light | a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes |
audio CD audio compact disc | compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music) |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
ballast light ballast | an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps |
beacon lighthouse beacon light pharos | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
candle taper wax light | stick of wax with a wick in the middle |
CD drive | a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system |
CD-R compact disc recordable CD-WO compact disc write-once | a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory |