Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill () In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bill (n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. |
Bill (v. i.) To strike |
Bill (v. i.) To join bills, as doves |
Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern |
Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle |
Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. |
Bill (n.) One who wields a bill |
Bill (n.) A pickax, or mattock. |
Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor |
Bill (v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill. |
Bill (n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. |
Bill (n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. |
Bill (n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment |
Bill (n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods |
Bill (n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge |
Bill (n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars |
Bill (v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice. |
Bill (v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill |
Bill book () A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Bill broker () One who negotiates the discount of bills. |
Bill holder () A person who holds a bill or acceptance. |
Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. |
Brown bill () A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. |
Crane's-bill (n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill (n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill. |
form (n.) A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc. |
Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed |
Form (n.) Constitution |
Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice |
Form (n.) Show without substance |
Form (n.) Orderly arrangement |
Form (n.) A shape |
Form (n.) That by which shape is given or determined |
Form (n.) A long seat |
Form (n.) The seat or bed of a hare. |
Form (n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. |
Form (n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. |
Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech |
Form (n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. |
Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is |
Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect |
Form (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others |
Form (n.) To give form or shape to |
Form (n.) To give a particular shape to |
Form (n.) To go to make up |
Form (n.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9. |
Form (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes. |
shape form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance, geometry is the mathematical science of shape |
twin bill doubleheader double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
Wild West Show Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
beak bill neb nib pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
bill peak eyeshade visor vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
bill billhook | a long-handled saw with a curved blade, he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
form | a mold for setting concrete, they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation |
mannequin manikin mannikin manakin form | a life-size dummy used to display clothes |
form shape cast | the visual appearance of something or someone, the delicate cast of his features |
good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time, it is not good form to brag about winning |
form | a particular mode in which something is manifested, his resentment took the form of extreme hostility |
shape form configuration contour conformation | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline), he could barely make out their shapes |
form | an ability to perform well, he was at the top of his form, the team was off form last night |
life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
kind sort form variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality, sculpture is a form of art, what kinds of desserts are there? |
art form | (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) |
form shape pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
sonata form | a musical form having sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation, characteristic of st movement of a sonata or symphony |
form word form signifier descriptor | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something, the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached |
plural plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
singular singular form | the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
free morpheme free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
bound morpheme bound form | a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction, eg an -s at the end of plural nouns |
combining form | a bound form used only in compounds, `hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology' |
part of speech form class word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
transitive verb transitive verb form transitive | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical |
doubly transitive verb doubly transitive verb form | a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object |
intransitive verb intransitive verb form intransitive | a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object |
title title of respect form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
poem verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
form | a printed document with spaces in which to write, he filled out his tax form |
application form | a form to use when making an application |
claim form | a form to use when filing a claim |
order form | a form to use when placing an order |
requisition requisition form | an official form on which a request in made, first you have to fill out the requisition |
tax form | a form to use when paying your taxes |
telegraph form | a form to use when sending a telegram |
bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) |
bill of entry | a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import |
bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
menu bill of fare card carte du jour carte | a list of dishes available at a restaurant, the menu was in French |
bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |