Based
(imp. & p. p.) of Base |
Based
(a.) Having a base, or having as a base |
Based
(n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases. |
Boss
(n.) Any protuberant part |
Boss
(n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle |
Boss
(n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations. |
Boss
(n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. |
Boss
(n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another. |
Boss
(n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals. |
Boss
(n.) A head or reservoir of water. |
Boss
(v. t.) To ornament with bosses |
Boss
(n.) A master workman or superintendent |
Chief
(n.) The head or leader of any body of men |
Chief
(n.) The principal part |
Chief
(n.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. |
Chief
(a.) Highest in office or rank |
Chief
(a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action |
Chief
(a.) Very intimate, near, or close. |
Chief baron
() The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. |
Chief hare
() A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains |
Chief justice
() The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. |
Chief-justiceship
(n.) The office of chief justice. |
Conversation
(n.) General course of conduct |
Conversation
(n.) Familiar intercourse |
Conversation
(n.) Commerce |
Conversation
(n.) Colloquial discourse |
Conversation
(n.) Sexual intercourse |
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. |
Discussion
(n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. |
Discussion
(n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons |
Dust-point
(n.) An old rural game. |
Forest
(n.) An extensive wood |
Forest
(n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. |
Forest
(a.) Of or pertaining to a forest |
Forest
(v. t.) To cover with trees or wood. |
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. |
Life
(n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death |
Life
(n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body |
Life
(n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions |
Life
(n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions |
Life
(n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc. |
Life
(n.) Animation |
Life
(n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor |
Life
(n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state |
Life
(n.) A person |
Life
(n.) The system of animal nature |
Life
(n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. |
Life
(n.) A history of the acts and events of a life |
Life
(n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers |
| life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
| track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
| fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
point after
point after touchdown
extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
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 |
| career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
| turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
| three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
| twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
| turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
| about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
| u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
| turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
way
path
way of life | a course of conduct, the path of virtue, we went our separate ways, our paths in life led us apart, genius usually follows a revolutionary path |
nightlife
night life | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.), a futile search for intelligent nightlife, in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
| kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn
stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
| turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
| sporting life | active interest in gambling on sports events |
| nightlife night life | the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion |
walk of life
walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
President of the United States
President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
cardiac resuscitation
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
adultery
criminal conversation
fornication | extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations, adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce |
reproduction
procreation
breeding
facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| life class | an art class using a live human model |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
surprise attack
coup de main | an attack without warning |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
Meuse
Meuse River
Argonne
Argonne Forest
Meuse-Argonne
Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
bluepoint
blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
| stray | an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) |
| blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
forest tent caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent, serious defoliator of deciduous trees |
little chief hare
Ochotona princeps | North American pika |
forest goat
spindle horn
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
| cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
corner
street corner
turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
| diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |