standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
| gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
black and gold garden spider
Argiope aurantia | a widely distributed North American garden spider |
| standard schnauzer | a medium-sized schnauzer |
| standard poodle | a breed or medium-sized poodles |
gold-tail moth
Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
braid
gold braid
braiding | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains |
Clark cell
Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
| gold foil | foil made of gold |
| gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
| gold medal | a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition |
goldmine
gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
| goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
| gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
| gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
| standard banner | any distinctive flag |
| standard | an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support), distance was marked by standards every mile, lamps supported on standards provided illumination |
| standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
| standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
amber
gold | a deep yellow color, an amber light illuminated the room, he admired the gold of her hair |
| old gold | a dark yellow |
| gold | something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc., the child was as good as gold, she has a heart of gold |
| gold standard | a paragon of excellence, academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged |
criterion
standard | the ideal in terms of which something can be judged, they live by the standards of their community |
accounting principle
accounting standard | a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions |
| standard deviation | the square root of the variance |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
American Standard Version
American Revised Version | a revised version of the King James Version |
| Revised Standard Version | a revision of the American Standard Version |
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
| double standard | an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another |
| double standard of sexual behavior | a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women) |
standard generalized markup language
SGML | (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents, a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted |
| non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
standard
criterion
measure touchstone | a basis for comparison, a reference point against which other things can be evaluated, the schools comply with federal standards, they set the measure for all subsequent work |
procrustean standard
procrustean rule
procrustean bed | a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality |
boom bonanza
gold rush
gravy
godsend
manna from heaven
windfall
bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money), the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line |
| gold fever | greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush |
| gold coast | a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living, usually along a coastal area, Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan |
Ghana
Republic of Ghana
Gold Coast | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British |
color bearer
standard-bearer | the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle |
goldbeater
gold-beater | an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf |
| gold digger | a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement |
gold miner
gold digger
gold panner | a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
| standard-bearer | an outstanding leader of a political movement |
gold of pleasure
Camelina sativa | annual European false flax having small white flowers, cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oilich seeds, widely naturalized in North America |
alpine gold
alpine hulsea
Hulsea algida | low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays, northwestern United States |