short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
quick march | marching at quick time |
turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
shortstop short | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base |
nap catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
short division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
harrier eagle short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany, pointer and bloodhound |
short-horned grasshopper acridid | grasshopper with short antennae |
bow fore prow stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
shank stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something |
short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
short line | a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
short pants shorts trunks | trousers that end at or above the knee |
short sleeve | a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
stem | the tube of a tobacco pipe |
stem-winder | a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
short bone os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
short gastric artery arteria gastrica breves vasa brevis | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach |
short saphenous vein | a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee |
brainstem brain-stem brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) |
stem cell | an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) |
hematopoeitic stem cell | blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow, T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells |
mental quickness quickness quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
short list shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |