Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. |
Cord (n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet |
Cord (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord |
Cord (n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal. |
Cord (n.) See Chord. |
Cord (v. t.) To bind with a cord |
Cord (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. |
Cord (imp. & p. p.) of Core |
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack |
Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs. |
Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. |
Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious |
Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. |
Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. |
Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc. |
Packing (n.) Same as Filling. |
Packing (n.) A trick |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper. |
Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center |
Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder |
Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form |
Round (a.) Full |
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable |
Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone |
Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape |
Round (a.) Outspoken |
Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded |
Round (a.) Complete and consistent |
Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
Round (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began |
Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
Round (n.) A circular dance. |
Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company |
Round (n.) Rotation, as in office |
Round (n.) The step of a ladder |
Round (n.) A course ending where it began |
Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe |
Round (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. |
Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once |
Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. |
Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules |
Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. |
Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking. |
Round (n.) An assembly |
Round (n.) See Roundtop. |
Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below. |
Round (adv.) On all sides |
round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
packing backpacking | carrying something in a pack on the back, the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts |
packing boxing | the enclosure of something in a package or box |
round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
round of golf round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
meatpacking meat packing meat-packing business | wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
round whitefish Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad cigarfish quiaquia Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
arena theater theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
Bedford cord | a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy, used for clothing |
bungee bungee cord | an elasticized rope |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
chenille chenille cord | a soft tufted cord used in embroidery |
circle round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circus tent big top round top top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads, the bundle was tied with a cord |
cord corduroy | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs, usually made of cotton |
cord electric cord | a light insulated conductor for household use |
extension cord | an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
packing box packing case | a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
packing needle | a large needle used to sew up canvas packages |
power cord | a cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance |
round unit of ammunition one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
round-bottom flask | a spherical flask with a narrow neck |
round file | a file with a circular cross section, used to file the inside of holes |
Round Table King Arthur's Round Table | (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights |
rung round stave | a crosspiece between the legs of a chair |
sash cord sash line | a strong cord connecting a sash weight to a sliding sash |
stuffing box packing box | a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal |
stuffing nut packing nut | a nut used to tighten a stuffing box |
telephone cord phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
round bone | bones that are round in shape |
round ligament of the uterus ligamentum teres uteri | ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora |
fenestra rotunda fenestra cochleae round window fenestra of the cochlea | fenestra leading into the cochlea |
cord blood | blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth |
spinal cord medulla spinalis | a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain, a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region |
umbilical cord umbilical | membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta |
spermatic cord | a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves |
vocal cord vocal fold vocal band plica vocalis | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx |
false vocal cord false vocal fold superior vocal cord ventricular fold vestibular fold | either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization |
true vocal cord true vocal fold inferior vocal cord inferior vocal fold | either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis, produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them |