works deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
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 |
dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use |
sewage system sewer system sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
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 |
works workings | the internal mechanism of a device |
works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
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 |
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) |
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 |
standard criterion measure touchstone | a basis for comparison, a reference point against which other things can be evaluated, the schools comply with federal standards, they set the measure for all subsequent work |
procrustean standard procrustean rule procrustean bed | a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality |
works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
color bearer standard-bearer | the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle |
standard-bearer | an outstanding leader of a political movement |
standard monetary standard | the value behind the money in a monetary system |
gold standard | a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold |
silver standard | a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silver |
standard | a board measure board feet |
candle candela cd standard candle | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites, equal to of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of , degrees Kelvin |
standard atmosphere atmosphere atm standard pressure | a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercurymm high at sea level and degrees centigrade |
standard temperature | exactly zero degrees centigrade |
gauge standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
standard of living standard of life | a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group, they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country, the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
civil time standard time local time | the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth), established by law or custom |
Atlantic Time Atlantic Standard Time | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian, used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces |
Eastern Time Eastern Standard Time EST | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian, used in the eastern United States |
Central Time Central Standard Time CST | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian, used in the central United States |
Mountain Time Mountain Standard Time MST | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian west, used in the mountain states of the United States |
Pacific Time Pacific Standard Time PST | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian west, used in far western states of the United States |
Alaska Standard Time Yukon Time | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian west, used in Hawaii and most of Alaska |