vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
vertical integration vertical combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
fipple flute fipple pipe recorder vertical flute | a tubular wind instrument with finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
pile nap | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
upright vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake, the ball sailed between the uprights |
vertical file | a file in which records are stored upright on one edge |
vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
vertical stabilizer vertical stabiliser vertical fin tail fin tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |
vertical surface | a surface that is vertical |
vertical tail | the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
vertical circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
f tons dozens heaps lots piles scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs scads lashings | a large number or amount, made lots of new friends, she amassed stacks of newspapers |
vertical | something that is oriented vertically |
vertical angle | either of two equal and opposite angles formed by the intersection of two straight lines |
hemorrhoid haemorrhoid piles | pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter |
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather amass | collect or gather, Journals are accumulating in my office, The work keeps piling up |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile, The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |
throng mob pack pile jam | press tightly together or cram, The crowd packed the auditorium |
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard | get or gather together, I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife, She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis, She rolled up a small fortune |
vertical | of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group), vertical social mobility |
vertical perpendicular | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line, a vertical camera angle, the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab, measure the perpendicular height |
erect vertical upright | upright in position or posture, an erect stature, erect flower stalks, for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression, a column still vertical amid the ruins, he sat bolt upright |
vertical | relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution |