Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long (superl.) Slow in passing |
Long (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long (superl.) Far-reaching |
Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long (n.) The longest dimension |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long (prep.) By means of |
Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long (a.) To belong |
Long-armed (a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived (a.) Having a long life |
Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois. |
Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness. |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand |
Long-sightedness (n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted |
Long-sightedness (n.) See Hypermetropia. |
Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent. |
Long-suffering (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time |
Long-suffering (n.) Long patience of offense. |
Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck. |
Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue. |
Long-tongued (a.) Talkative |
Long-waisted (a.) Having a long waist |
Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt |
Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed |
Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle |
Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint |
Shoulder (n.) Fig.: That which supports or sustains |
Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. |
Shoulder (n.) The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market |
Shoulder (n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion. |
Shoulder (n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. |
Shoulder (v. t.) To push or thrust with the shoulder |
Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders |
Shoulder-shotten (a.) Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. |
long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
over-the-shoulder bombing | a special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target |
snub cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
long-eared owl Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs long-legs stilt plover Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
long-horned beetle longicorn longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
long-horned grasshopper tettigoniid | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
albacore long-fin tunny Thunnus alalunga | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna, reaches pounds and has long pectoral fins, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
bellarmine longbeard long-beard greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
bolster long pillow | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows |
ditch spade long-handled spade | a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches |
hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
jointer jointer plane jointing plane long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together |
long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
long johns | warm underwear with long legs |
long sleeve | a sleeve extending from shoulder to wrist |
long tom | a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy |
long trousers long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
shoulder berm | a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road, the car pulled off onto the shoulder |
shoulder | the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder, an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform |
shoulder bag | a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder |
shoulder board shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
shoulder holster | a holster worn over your shoulder so a gun can be concealed under your jacket |
shoulder pad | protective garment consisting of a hard rounded pad worn by football players to protect their shoulders |
shoulder patch | patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank |
strap shoulder strap | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag |
vaulting horse long horse buck | a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated, used lengthwise for vaulting |
wood vise woodworking vise shoulder vise | a vise with jaws that are padded in order to hold lumber without denting it |
long-sufferance long-suffering | patient endurance of pain or unhappiness |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
long bone os longum | in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow |
scapula shoulder blade shoulder bone | either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings |
long saphenous vein great saphenous vein | the longest vein in the body, runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein |
shoulder | the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm |
shoulder shoulder joint articulatio humeri | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
shoulder girdle pectoral arch | the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
f adieu adios arrivederci auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio good-by goodby good-bye goodbye good day sayonara so long | a farewell remark, they said their good-byes |