base hit
safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
| safety | a score in American football, a player is tackled behind his own goal line |
safety squeeze play
safety squeeze | the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully |
safety blitz
linebacker blitzing
blitz | (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line |
standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
| standard schnauzer | a medium-sized schnauzer |
| standard poodle | a breed or medium-sized poodles |
Clark cell
Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
condom
rubber safety safe prophylactic | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse |
fuse electrical fuse
safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
guard
safety
safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
hard hat
tin hat
safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
locknut
safety nut | supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening |
safe-deposit
safe-deposit box
safety-deposit
safety deposit box
deposit box
lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
| safety arch | an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
safety belt
life belt safety harness | belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt |
safety bicycle
safety bike | bicycle that has two wheels of equal size, pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch
safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
| safety curtain | a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire |
| safety fuse | a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter, used to ignite detonators from a distance |
safety lamp
Davy lamp | an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) |
safety match
book matches | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface |
| safety net | a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze |
| safety pin | a pin in the form of a clasp, has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user |
safety rail
guardrail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety |
| safety razor | a razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin |
safety valve
relief valve
escape valve
escape cock
escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
| standard banner | any distinctive flag |
| standard | an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support), distance was marked by standards every mile, lamps supported on standards provided illumination |
| standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
| standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
margin of safety
safety margin
margin of error | the margin required in order to insure safety, in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress |
| safety feature | feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety |
| gold standard | a paragon of excellence, academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged |
criterion
standard | the ideal in terms of which something can be judged, they live by the standards of their community |
accounting principle
accounting standard | a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions |
| standard deviation | the square root of the variance |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
American Standard Version
American Revised Version | a revised version of the King James Version |
| Revised Standard Version | a revision of the American Standard Version |
occupational safety and health act
federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
| double standard | an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another |
| double standard of sexual behavior | a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women) |
| safety net | a guarantee of professional or financial security |
standard generalized markup language
SGML | (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents, a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted |
| non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |