Aging
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Age |
Bessemer steel
() Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Breast-high
(a.) High as the breast. |
Case
(n.) A box, sheath, or covering |
Case
(n.) A box and its contents |
Case
(n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
Case
(n.) An inclosing frame |
Case
(n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
Case
(v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case |
Case
(v. t.) To strip the skin from |
Case
(n.) Chance |
Case
(n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens |
Case
(n.) A patient under treatment |
Case
(n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law |
Case
(n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension |
Case
(v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases. |
Case-bay
(n.) The space between two principals or girders |
Case-bay
(n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. |
Case knife
() A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
Case knife
() A large table knife |
Case shot
() A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Cast steel
() See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Coated
(imp. & p. p.) of Coat |
Coil
(v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally |
Coil
(v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. |
Coil
(v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally |
Coil
(n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. |
Coil
(n.) Fig.: Entanglement |
Coil
(n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus. |
Coil
(n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. |
Fly-case
(n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles. |
Hardening
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harden |
Hardening
(n.) Making hard or harder. |
Hardening
(n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel. |
High
(v. i.) To hie. |
High
(superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High
(superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
High
(superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual |
High
(superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like |
High
(superl.) Of noble birth |
High
(superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like |
High
(superl.) Very abstract |
High
(superl.) Costly |
High
(superl.) Arrogant |
High
(superl.) Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree |
High
(superl.) Strong-scented |
High
(superl.) Acute or sharp |
High
(superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11. |
High
(adv.) In a high manner |
High
(n.) An elevated place |
| high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
| hardening | the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
| high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks
high jinks
hijinks
high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
| trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss, a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
treason
high treason
lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
| steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity
hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
lawsuit
suit
case
cause
causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy, the family brought suit against the landlord |
| antitrust case | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place |
| custody case | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
wing case
elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
stepper
high stepper | a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
Aswan High Dam
High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
attache case
attache | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
| case | a portable container for carrying several objects, the musicians left their instrument cases backstage |
case display case
showcase
vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
case pillowcase
slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
case compositor's case
typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers, for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters |
| case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
| case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
case shot
canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
casing
case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening, the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced |
choke choke coil
choking coil | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
| cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes, can be carried in a purse or a pocket |
coil
spiral
volute
whorl
helix | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops, a coil of rope |
| coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
| coil | tubing that is wound in a spiral |
| coil | a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb |
| coil | a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
dispatch case
dispatch box | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables |
dress hat
high hat opera hat
silk hat
stovepipe top hat
topper
beaver | a man's hat with a tall crown, usually covered with silk or with beaver fur |
| dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
field coil
field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
| glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles |
| gun case | a case for storing a gun |