Advance (v. t.) To bring forward |
Advance (v. t.) To raise |
Advance (v. t.) To raise to a higher rank |
Advance (v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress |
Advance (v. t.) To bring to view or notice |
Advance (v. t.) To make earlier, as an event or date |
Advance (v. t.) To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise |
Advance (v. t.) To raise to a higher point |
Advance (v. t.) To extol |
Advance (v. i.) To move or go forward |
Advance (v. i.) To increase or make progress in any respect |
Advance (v. i.) To rise in rank, office, or consequence |
Advance (v.) The act of advancing or moving forward or upward |
Advance (v.) Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially |
Advance (v.) An addition to the price |
Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result |
Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan |
Advance (a.) Before in place, or beforehand in time |
Bovey coal () A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor |
Caking coal () See Coal. |
Canal coal () See Cannel coal. |
Candle coal () See Cannel coal. |
Cannel coal () A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. |
Coal (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance |
Coal (n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. |
Coal (v. t.) To burn to charcoal |
Coal (v. t.) To mark or delineate with charcoal. |
Coal (v. t.) To supply with coal |
Coal (v. i.) To take in coal |
Coal-black (a.) As black as coal |
Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. |
Coal tar () A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas |
Coal-whipper (n.) One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. |
Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal. |
Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. |
Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown |
Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. |
Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. |
Development (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. |
Development (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject |
Face (n.) The exterior form or appearance of anything |
Face (n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction |
Face (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley |
Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. |
Face (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end |
Face (n.) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. |
Face (n.) The style or cut of a type or font of type. |
Face (n.) Outside appearance |
Face (n.) That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated |
Face (n.) Cast of features |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
switch switching shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play, a referee drops the puck between two opposing players |
development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
face lift facelift face lifting | a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes, give your home a facelift, more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction |
progress progression procession advance advancement forward motion onward motion | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
shift shifting | the act of moving from one place to another, his constant shifting disrupted the class |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
advance rise | increase in price or value, the news caused a general advance on the stock market |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
face lift facelift lift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
exploitation development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
chemise sack shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
clock face clock dial | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day |
coal car | freight car with fixed sides and no roof, for transporting coal |
coal chute | a chute for coal |
coal house | a shed for storing coal |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
coal shovel | a hand shovel for shoveling coal |
cold cream coldcream face cream vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
drift heading gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine, they dug a drift parallel with the vein |
face | a vertical surface of a building or cliff |
face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object), he dealt the cards face down |
face | the striking or working surface of an implement |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
face guard | face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets |
face mask | mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey |
face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
face veil | a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face |
false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
fire tongs coal tongs | tongs for taking hold of burning coals |
hand towel face towel | a small towel used to dry the hands or face |
pack face pack | a cream that cleanses and tones the skin |
ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
scuttle coal scuttle | container for coal, shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire |
shift key shift | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lowerase letters to upperase letters |
shift register | (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
toilet soap face soap bath soap | soap used as a toiletry |
washcloth washrag flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth |
face | the general outward appearance of something, the face of the city is changing |
expression look aspect facial expression face | the feelings expressed on a person's face, a sad expression, a look of triumph, an angry face |
poker face | a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player) |