Bolt
(n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow |
Bolt
(n.) Lightning |
Bolt
(n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end. |
Bolt
(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate |
Bolt
(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner |
Bolt
(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. |
Bolt
(n.) A bundle, as of oziers. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To shoot |
Bolt
(v. t.) To utter precipitately |
Bolt
(v. t.) To swallow without chewing |
Bolt
(v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth |
Bolt
(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters |
Bolt
(v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow |
Bolt
(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. |
Bolt
(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path |
Bolt
(v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(adv.) In the manner of a bolt |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden spring or start |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. |
Bolt
(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter |
Bolt
(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting |
Bolt
(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. |
Bolt
(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal |
Index
(n.) That which points out |
Index
(n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs |
Index
(n.) A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book |
Index
(n.) A prologue indicating what follows. |
Index
(n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand |
Index
(n.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity |
Index
(v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references |
Wrain-bolt
(n.) Same as Wringbolt. |
| bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| dash bolt | the act of moving with great haste, he made a dash for the door |
| bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
| bolt deadbolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| bolt | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| bolt cutter | an implement for cutting bolts |
card index
card catalog
card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
| carriage bolt | a roundheaded bolt for timber, threaded along part of the shank, inserted into holes already drilled |
| expansion bolt | a bolt that has an attachment that expands as the bolt is driven into a surface |
| index register | (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand |
lag screw
lag bolt | a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench |
| machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
| nut and bolt | a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
| stove bolt | a small machine bolt |
| thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections |
| toggle bolt | a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle, used to fasten objects to hollow walls |
index
index finger
forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
| stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
| index | an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed |
| Combined DNA Index System | the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
index index number
indicant
indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts, can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
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 |
| business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
price index
price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
| retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
producer price index
wholesale price index | an index of changes in wholesale prices |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
stock index
stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
crosseference
cross-index | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
exponent
power
index | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
| index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
| bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den |
index fossil
guide fossil | a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found |
| index case | the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study |
thunderbolt
bolt
bolt of lightning | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
| index fund | a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list |
cephalic index
breadth index
cranial index | ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull |
| facial index | the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face |
refractive index
index of refraction | the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium |
| index | a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number |
| bolt | make or roll into bolts, bolt fabric |
| index | adjust through indexation, The government indexes wages and prices |
gobble
bolt | eat hastily without proper chewing, Don't bolt your food! |
garbage down
gobble up
shovel in
bolt down | eat a large amount of food quickly, The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake |
toss off
pop bolt down belt down
pour down
down
drink down
kill | drink down entirely, He downed three martinis before dinner, She killed a bottle of brandy that night, They popped a few beer after work |
| bolt | swallow hastily |
| bolt | secure or lock with a bolt, bolt the door |