Carburetor (n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. |
Crown side () See Crown office. |
Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions |
Flat (superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground |
Flat (superl.) Wanting relief |
Flat (superl.) Tasteless |
Flat (superl.) Unanimated |
Flat (superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings |
Flat (superl.) Clear |
Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch |
Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill |
Flat (superl.) Sonant |
Flat (adv.) In a flat manner |
Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest. |
Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences |
Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide |
Flat (n.) Something broad and flat in form |
Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. |
Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. |
Flat (n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides |
Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions. |
Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything |
Flat (n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building |
Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein |
Flat (n.) A dull fellow |
Flat (n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower. |
Flat (n.) A homaloid space or extension. |
Flat (v. t.) To make flat |
Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless |
Flat (v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note |
Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened |
Flat (v. i.) To fall form the pitch. |
Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom |
Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Flat-footed (a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep. |
Flat-footed (a.) Firm-footed |
Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface |
Side (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest |
Side (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane |
Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body |
Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. |
Side (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe |
Side (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. |
Side (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other |
Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides |
Side (a.) Hence, indirect |
Side (n.) Long |
Side (v. i.) To lean on one side. |
side-glance side-look | a glance sideways, she shot him an impatient side-glance |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
apartment flat | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
carburetor carburettor | mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion |
cloth cap flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, part of a stage setting |
flat flat tire | a deflated pneumatic tire |
flat | a shallow box in which seedlings are started |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
flat bench | a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises |
flatcar flatbed flat | freight car without permanent sides or roof |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
flat panel display FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
flat tip screwdriver | a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw |
flatwork flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
pommel horse side horse | a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center, held upright by two steel supports, one at each end |
railroad flat | an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them |
reef knot flat knot | a square knot used in a reef line |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
side | an extended outer surface of an object, he turned the box over to examine the bottom side, they painted all four sides of the house |
side chapel | a small chapel off the side aisle of a church |
side door side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
side pocket | a pocket on the side of a billiard table |
side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
side-wheeler | a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side |
side yard | the grounds at either side of a house |
snare drum snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
straight chair side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
sideburn burnside mutton chop side-whiskers | facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
side | either the left or right half of a body, he had a pain in his side |
side | an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect), he was on the heavy side, he is on the purchasing side of the business, it brought out his better side |
side view | a view from the side of something |
supply-side economics | the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy, advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce |
side position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute, there are two sides to every question |
flat | a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named |
double flat | a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones |
English side | (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist |
silver lining bright side | a consoling aspect of a difficult situation, every cloud has a silver lining, look on the bright side of it |
side dish side order entremets | a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course |
side side of meat | a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food |
side of beef | dressed half of a beef carcass |
flat bone | part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone |
flitch side of bacon | salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork |
side of pork | dressed half of a hog carcass |