snakes and ladders | a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes |
succession sequence | the action of following in order, he played the trumps in sequence |
accommodation ladder | (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside |
aerial ladder | mechanically extendible ladder, used on a fire truck |
articulated ladder | a ladder consisting of segments (usually four) that are held together by joints that can lock in place |
extension ladder | a ladder whose length can be extended |
fish ladder | a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam |
Jacob's ladder jack ladder pilot ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps |
ladder | steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs, for climbing up or down |
ladder-back | the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats |
ladder-back ladder-back chair | a chair with a ladder-back |
ladder truck aerial ladder truck | a fire engine carrying ladders |
monkey ladder | a light ladder to the monkey bridge on a ship |
rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
scaling ladder | a ladder used to scale walls (as in an attack) |
sea ladder sea steps | (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard |
sequence episode | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie |
step ladder stepladder | a folding portable ladder hinged at the top |
sequence chronological sequence succession successiveness chronological succession | a following of one thing after another in time, the doctor saw a sequence of patients |
sequence | several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys |
run ladder ravel | a row of unravelled stitches, she got a run in her stocking |
Fibonacci sequence | a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers |
sequence | serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern, the sequence of names was alphabetical, he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA |
Jacob's ladder Greek valerian charity Polemonium caeruleum Polemonium van-bruntiae Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae | pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers |
northern Jacob's ladder Polemonium boreale | perennial erect herb with white flowers, circumboreal |
ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress, he climbed the career ladder |
ladder run | come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, Her nylons were running |
sequence | arrange in a sequence |
sequence | determine the order of constituents in, They sequenced the human genome |
runproof ladder-proof run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |