Benting time
() The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Cover-point
(n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Dew-point
(n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
Dust-point
(n.) An old rural game. |
Libration point
(n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
Point
(v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
Point
(n.) That which pricks or pierces |
Point
(n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
Point
(n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
Point
(n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
Point
(n.) An indefinitely small space |
Point
(n.) An indivisible portion of time |
Point
(n.) A mark of punctuation |
Point
(n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
Point
(n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
Point
(n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
Point
(n.) A small matter |
Point
(n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
Point
(n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
Point
(n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
Point
(n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended |
Point
(n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. |
Point
(n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below) |
Point
(n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. |
Point
(n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. |
Point
(n.) Lace wrought the needle |
Point
(n.) A switch. |
Point
(n.) An item of private information |
Point
(n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
Point
(n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game |
Point
(n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type. |
Point
(n.) A tyne or snag of an antler. |
Point
(n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board. |
Point
(n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil |
Point
(n.) To give a point to |
Point
(n.) To direct toward an abject |
Point
(n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. |
Point
(n.) To supply with punctuation marks |
Point
(n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. |
Point
(n.) To give particular prominence to |
Point
(n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. |
Point
(n.) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. |
Point
(n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. |
Point
(v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it |
Point
(v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. |
Point
(v. i.) To approximate to the surface |
Point-blank
(n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. |
Point-blank
(n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. |
Point-blank
(n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal. |
Point-blank
(a.) Directed in a line toward the object aimed at |
| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
point after
point after touchdown
extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
beginning
start
commencement | the act of starting something, he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations |
springboard
jumping-off point
point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
| housing start | the act of starting to construct a house |
| start starting | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning), he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital, his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen |
| three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
startle
jump start | a sudden involuntary movement, he awoke with a start |
multiplication
times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division, the product of two numbers is computed, the multiplication of four by three gives twelve, four times three equals twelve |
| time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest
harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying
haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite
recess
break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
jumpstart
jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor |
bluepoint
blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
| blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
corner
street corner
turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
crank handle
starting handle | crank used to start an engine |
| diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point
breaker point
point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
| dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
| dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
| gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
| gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
kick starter
kick start | a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
| petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
| petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
| point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
| point power point | a wall socket |
| point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
| point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace
needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
spearhead
spearpoint
spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |
starter starter motor
starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
| starting block | block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race |
starting gate
starting stall | a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course |
three-way switch
three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
| time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb
infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
| time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |