First-rate (a.) Of the highest excellence |
First-rate (n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. |
Flow () imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. |
Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid |
Flow (v. i.) To become liquid |
Flow (v. i.) To proceed |
Flow (v. i.) To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties |
Flow (v. i.) To have or be in abundance |
Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving |
Flow (v. i.) To rise, as the tide |
Flow (v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus. |
Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid |
Flow (v. t.) To cover with varnish. |
Flow (n.) A stream of water or other fluid |
Flow (n.) A continuous movement of something abundant |
Flow (n.) Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river |
Flow (n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb. |
Flow (n.) A low-lying piece of watery land |
Mass (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host. |
Mass (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition |
Mass (v. i.) To celebrate Mass. |
Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size |
Mass (n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills |
Mass (n.) A large quantity |
Mass (n.) Bulk |
Mass (n.) The principal part |
Mass (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. |
Mass (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass |
Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence |
Rate (n.) Established portion or measure |
Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion |
Rate (n.) Valuation |
Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value |
Rate (n.) Order |
Rate (n.) Ratification |
Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time |
Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc. |
Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc. |
Rate (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on |
Rate (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. |
Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of |
Rate (v. t.) To ratify. |
Rate (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class |
Rate (v. i.) To make an estimate. |
Second-rate (a.) Of the second size, rank, quality, or value |
Water rate () A rate or tax for a supply of water. |
slaughter massacre mass murder carnage butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
| mass spectroscopy | the use of spectroscopy to determine the masses of small electrically charged particles |
| mass production | the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) |
| Mass | (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| Low Mass | a Mass recited without music |
| laminar flow clean room | a clean room free of all extraneous particles, used in fabricating microprocessors |
| mass spectrograph | a mass spectrometer that produces a graphical representation of the mass spectrum |
mass spectrometer spectrometer | spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer |
rapid transit mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
weapon of mass destruction WMD W.M.D. | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
| mass | the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field |
| critical mass | the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction |
| rest mass | (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body |
| relativistic mass | (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases |
| gravitational mass | (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies |
| inertial mass | (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
| mass energy | (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
| pace rate | the relative speed of progress or change, he lived at a fast pace, he works at a great rate, the pace of events accelerated |
bulk mass volume | the property of something that is great in magnitude, it is cheaper to buy it in bulk, he received a mass of correspondence, the volume of exports |
| critical mass | the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture, the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass, there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead, they sold the business because it lacked critical mass |
bargain rate cheapness cut rate cut price | a price below the standard price |
menorrhea menstrual blood menstrual flow | flow of blood from the uterus, occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years |
| mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
| law of mass action | (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances |
| mass-energy equivalence | (physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy |
mass-action principle mass action | (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
| medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
| mass noun | a noun that does not form plurals |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
| Mass card | (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased |
body mass index BMI | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height, to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches, overweight is a BMI greater than , obese is a BMI greater than |
| Mass | a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite, the priest said Mass |
| Mass | a musical setting for a Mass, they played a Mass composed by Beethoven |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
flow flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) |
airflow air flow flow of air | the flow of air, she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her |
| mass | an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) |
| Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
multitude masses mass hoi polloi people the great unwashed | the common people generally, separate the warriors from the mass, power to the people |
rally mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
center of mass centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
| ice mass | a large mass of ice |
landmass land mass | a large continuous extent of land |