| rank order | an arrangement according to rank |
| corporal punishment | the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime |
| bombardier beetle | beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed |
rank-order correlation coefficient
rank-order correlation
rank-difference correlation coefficient
rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
| Kendall partial rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of partial correlation |
tau coefficient of correlation
Kendall's tau
Kendall rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings |
| insignia of rank | an insignia worn on a military uniform |
rank and file
rank | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army), the strike was supported by the union rank and file, he rose from the ranks to become a colonel |
membership
rank | the body of members of an organization or group, they polled their membership, they found dissension in their own ranks, he joined the ranks of the unemployed |
| rank and file | people who constitute the main body of any group |
| rank | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another, the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen |
cabstand
taxistand
taxi rank | a place where taxis park while awaiting customers, in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank' |
| bombardier | the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target |
| bombardier | a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery |
cardiologist
heart specialist
heart surgeon | a specialist in cardiology, a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart |
| corporal | a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines |
ear doctor
ear specialist
otologist | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
fingerprint expert
fingerprint specialist
fingerprint man | a specialist in identifying fingerprints |
| lance corporal | an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal |
specialist
specializer
specialiser | an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning |
| specialist medical specialist | practices one branch of medicine |
Napoleon
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Little Corporal | French general who became emperor of the French (-) |
social station
social status
social rank
rank | position in a social hierarchy, the British are more aware of social status than Americans are |
seniority
senior status
higher status
higher rank | higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service |
inferiority
lower status
lower rank | the state of being inferior |
| rank | relative status, his salary was determined by his rank and seniority |
military rank
military rating
paygrade
rating | rank in a military organization |
| flag rank | the rank of a flag officer |
rate
rank
range
order
grade place | assign a rank or rating to, how would you rank these students?, The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide |
| rank d | take or have a position relative to others, This painting ranks among the best in the Western World |
rank
outrank | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| rank | growing profusely, rank jungle vegetation |
absolute downright
out-and-out(a)
rank(a)
right-down
sheer(a) | complete and without restriction or qualification, sometimes used informally as intensifiers, absolute freedom, an absolute dimwit, a downright lie, out-and-out mayhem, an out-and-out lie, a rank outsider, many right-down vices, got the job through sheer persistence, sheer stupidity |
crying(a)
egregious
flagrant
glaring
gross
rank | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible, a crying shame, an egregious lie, flagrant violation of human rights, a glaring error, gross ineptitude, gross injustice, rank treachery |
bodied
corporal
corporate
embodied
incarnate | possessing or existing in bodily form, what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind- Shakespeare, an incarnate spirit, `corporate' is an archaic term |
| rank | very fertile, producing profuse growth, rank earth |
| rank-smelling | having an offensive rancid odor |
| rank | very offensive in smell or taste, a rank cigar |
bodily
corporal
corporeal
somatic | affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit, bodily needs, a corporal defect, corporeal suffering, a somatic symptom or somatic illness |