Areas (pl. ) of Area |
Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure |
Area (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. |
Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. |
Area (n.) An extent of surface |
Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure |
Area (n.) A spot or small marked space |
Area (n.) Extent |
Burying ground () Alt. of Burying place |
Ground (imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground (n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground (n.) Land |
Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground (n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground (n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground (n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground (n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground (v. t.) To found |
Ground (v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground (v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground (v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground (v. i.) To run aground |
Ground () imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Landing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land |
Landing (a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. |
Landing (n.) A going or bringing on shore. |
Landing (n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc. |
Landing (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another. |
Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter |
landing | the act of coming to land after a voyage |
landing | the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface), the plane made a smooth landing, his landing on his feet was catlike |
forced landing emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
amphibious landing | a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion, MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines |
grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
aircraft landing airplane landing | landing an aircraft |
crash landing | an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
instrument landing | an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments |
terrain flight low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
diversionary landing | an amphibious diversionary attack |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
terrain intelligence | tactical intelligence on the natural and man-made characteristics of an area |
Shiloh battle of Shiloh battle of Pittsburgh Landing | the second great battle of the American Civil War (), the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory |
blastoderm germinal disc blastodisc germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
ground-shaker seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake Potamophis striatula Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
ground beetle carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
ground squirrel gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail Richardson ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
ground sloth megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
airfield landing field flying field field | a place where planes take off and land |
airport airdrome aerodrome drome | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
air terminal airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight |
air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
breakfast area breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
equal-area projection equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
flight deck landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
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) |
ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |