| search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
speed
speeding
hurrying | changing location rapidly |
| speed skating | competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) |
| search | an investigation seeking answers, a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing, the outcome justified the search |
| search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas, right of search |
search
hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
| search mission | a mission to discover something |
| search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
| air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
amphetamine
pep pill
upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
| speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
speedometer
speed indicator | a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed |
speed skate
racing skate | an ice skate with a long blade, worn for racing |
| surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
speed
swiftness
fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens, the project advanced with gratifying speed |
| execution speed | (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions, measured in MIPS |
| freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
| right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them |
| search | the examination of alternative hypotheses, his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful |
| speed trap | a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders |
| search warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court, the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search |
| search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |
| speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
command language
query language
search language | a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed |
| search party | a party of people to search for someone |
motorcycle cop
motorcycle policeman
speed cop | a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) |
speeder
speed demon | a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit |
| speed freak | addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) |
speedskater
speed skater | an ice-skater who races competitively, usually around an oval course |
search
lookup | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property, they wrote a program to do a table lookup |
focal ratio
f number
stop number
speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
high-speed steel
hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
speed
velocity | distance travelled per unit time |
speed of light
light speed
c | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly ,, meters per second |
accelerate
speed up
speed
quicken | move faster, The car accelerated |
| accelerate speed speed up | cause to move faster, He accelerated the car |
research
search
explore | inquire into, the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project, He searched for information on his relatives on the web, Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness |
search
seek
look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of, The police are searching for clues, They are searching for the missing man in the entire county |
| search | subject to a search, The police searched the suspect, We searched the whole house for the missing keys |
| strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes, He was strip-searched at the airport |
| speed skate | race on skates |
travel rapidly
speed
hurry
zip | move very fast, The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed |
| speed | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity, I got a ticket for speeding |
c rush
hotfoot
hasten
hie
speed race
pelt along
rush along
cannonball along
bucket along
belt along
step on it | move fast, He rushed down the hall to receive his guests, The cars raced down the street |
search
look | search or seek, We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest, Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! |
| high-speed high-velocity | operating at high speed, a high-speed food processor, a high-velocity shell |