Bishop's length
() A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56. |
Half-length
(a.) Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture. |
Length
(a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width |
Length
(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length |
Length
(a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time |
Length
(a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together |
Length
(a.) Detail or amplification |
Length
(a.) Distance. |
Length
(v. t.) To lengthen. |
Measure
(n.) A standard of dimension |
Measure
(n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. |
Measure
(n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard |
Measure
(n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured |
Measure
(n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds |
Measure
(n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded |
Measure
(n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling |
Measure
(n.) Undefined quantity |
Measure
(n.) Regulated division of movement |
Measure
(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed |
Measure
(n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. |
Measure
(n.) The space between two bars. |
Measure
(a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables |
Measure
(a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder |
Measure
(a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy |
Measure
(a.) The act of measuring |
Measure
(a.) Beds or strata |
Measure
(n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument |
Measure
(n.) To serve as the measure of |
Measure
(n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance. |
Measure
(n.) To adjust by a rule or standard. |
Measure
(n.) To allot or distribute by measure |
Measure
(v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements. |
Measure
(v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring |
Measure
(v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure |
Russian
(a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. |
Russian
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia |
Verst
(n.) A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet. |
Water measure
() A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. |
Whole-length
(a.) Representing the whole figure |
Whole-length
(n.) A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. |
measure
quantity
amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
| measure step | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal, the situation called for strong measures, the police took steps to reduce crime |
| desperate measure | desperate actions taken as a means to an end, he had to resort to desperate measures |
| Russian roulette | a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger |
Russian bank
crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
defense
defence
defensive measure | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies, they died in the defense of Stalingrad, they were developed for the defense program |
measurement
measuring
measure
mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
| Russian Revolution February Revolution | the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March |
| Russian Revolution October Revolution | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in |
borzoi
Russian wolfhound | tall fast-moving dog breed |
| half-length | a portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| length | a section of something that is long and narrow, a length of timber, a length of tubing |
| measure | a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance |
measuring stick
measure
measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
security system
security measure
security | an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in |
tape tapeline
tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
yardstick
yard measure | a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
duration
length | continuance in time, the ceremony was of short duration, he complained about the length of time required |
longevity
length of service | duration of service, her longevity as a star, had unusual longevity in the company |
focal distance
focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
| length | the linear extent in space from one end to the other, the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place, the length of the table was feet |
| distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
| arm's length | a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy |
| length | the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end, the editor limited the length of my article to words |
| bill measure | a statute in draft before it becomes law, they held a public hearing on the bill |
measure
bar | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats, the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song |
| Russian | the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia |
Belarusian
Byelorussian
White Russian | the Slavic language spoken in Belarus |
meter
metre
measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure
common meter | the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad |
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 |
Russian dressing
Russian mayonnaise | mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup, sometimes with caviar added |
| White Russian | a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream |
| Russian Orthodox Church | an independent church with its own Patriarch, until it was the established church or Russia |
| Russian agency | an administrative agency of the Russian government |
Moscow
capital of the Russian Federation
Russian capital | a city of central European Russia, formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia, since the capital of the Russian Federation |
| Russia Russian Federation | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia, formerly Soviet Russia, since an independent state |
Soviet Russia
Russia Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic | formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Russian River | a river in northern California |
Byelorussian
Belorussian
White Russian | a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia |
| Russian | a native or inhabitant of Russia |
| Great Russian | a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia, used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia |
Russian thistle
Russian tumbleweed
Russian cactus
tumbleweed Salsola kali tenuifolia | prickly bushy Eurasian plant, a troublesome weed in central and western United States |
Russian dandelion
kok-saghyz
kok-sagyz
Taraxacum kok-saghyz | perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content |
Russian olive
silver berry Elaeagnus augustifolia | deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales, sometimes spiny |
silver lace vine
China fleece vine
Russian vine
Polygonum aubertii | twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers, western China to Russia |
Russian almond
dwarf Russian almond
Prunus tenella | Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers |
fundamental quantity
fundamental measure | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement |
| information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
| long measure | a measure of length |