Bearing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear |
Bearing
(n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self |
Bearing
(n.) Patient endurance |
Bearing
(n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it |
Bearing
(n.) Purport |
Bearing
(n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth |
Bearing
(n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports |
Bearing
(n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests. |
Bearing
(n.) Improperly, the unsupported span |
Bearing
(n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing |
Bearing
(n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates. |
Bearing
(n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl. |
Bearing
(n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc. |
Bearing
(n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
Bearing
(n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. |
Bearing cloth
() A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Bearing rein
() A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up |
Rush-bearing
(n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |
Spindle
(n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound |
Spindle
(n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns |
Spindle
(n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. |
Spindle
(n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. |
Spindle
(n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. |
Spindle
(n.) The fusee of a watch. |
Spindle
(n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. |
Spindle
(n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards |
Spindle
(n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. |
Spindle
(n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria |
Spindle
(n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus. |
Spindle
(v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body |
Spindle-legged
(a.) Having long, slender legs. |
Spindle-shanked
(a.) Having long, slender legs. |
Spindle-shaped
(a.) Having the shape of a spindle. |
Spindle-shaped
(a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
forest goat
spindle horn
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
ball bearing
needle bearing
roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
| bearing | a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily |
bearing rein
checkrein | a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position |
| bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
charge bearing heraldic bearing
armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
| journal bearing | the bearing of a journal |
| spike spindle | any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object, the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order |
| spindle | a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
spindle mandrel
mandril
arbor | any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts |
| spindle | a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe, used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. |
| thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution |
bearing
comportment
presence
mien | dignified manner or conduct |
carriage
bearing posture | characteristic way of bearing one's body, stood with good posture |
| spindle | (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division, the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle, chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis |
bearing
heading
aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies |
Celastraceae
family Celastraceae
spindle-tree family
staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
spindle tree
spindleberry
spindleberry tree | any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries |
common spindle tree
Euonymus europaeus | small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit |
winged spindle tree
Euonymous alatus | bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings, brilliant red in autumn, northeastern Asia to central China |
| bearing | relevant relation or interconnection, those issues have no bearing on our situation |
white metal
bearing metal | an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings |
| bearing brass | a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing |
| bearing(a) | (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain |
load-bearing(a)
supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
coniferous
cone-bearing | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves |
spindle-legged
spindle-shanked | having long slender legs |
egg-producing(a)
young-bearing(a) | capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring |
auriferous
gold-bearing | containing gold, auriferous quartz veins |
fusiform
spindle-shaped
cigar-shaped | tapering at each end |
| fur-bearing | of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality) |
| nut-bearing | (of shrubs or trees) producing nuts |
| oil-bearing | containing oil, oil-bearing shale |
viviparous
live-bearing | producing living young (not eggs) |
| spore-bearing | bearing spores instead of producing seeds |
| interest-bearing | of financial obligations on which interest is paid |
nitrogenous
nitrogen-bearing | of or relating to or containing nitrogen |