Battery
(v. t.) The act of battering or beating. |
Battery
(v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. |
Battery
(v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. |
Battery
(v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. |
Battery
(v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. |
Battery
(v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. |
Battery
(v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. |
Battery
(v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position |
Battery
(v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. |
Battery
(v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. |
Battery
(v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together. |
Breast-high
(a.) High as the breast. |
Bunsen's battery
() Alt. of Bunsen's burner |
High
(v. i.) To hie. |
High
(superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High
(superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
High
(superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual |
High
(superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like |
High
(superl.) Of noble birth |
High
(superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like |
High
(superl.) Very abstract |
High
(superl.) Costly |
High
(superl.) Arrogant |
High
(superl.) Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree |
High
(superl.) Strong-scented |
High
(superl.) Acute or sharp |
High
(superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11. |
High
(adv.) In a high manner |
High
(n.) An elevated place |
High
(n.) People of rank or high station |
High
(n.) The highest card dealt or drawn. |
High
(v. i.) To rise |
High-blown
(a.) Inflated, as with conceit. |
High-bred
(a.) Bred in high life |
High-built
(a.) Of lofty structure |
High-church
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a. |
High-churchism
(n.) The principles of the high-church party. |
High-churchman
(n.) One who holds high-church principles. |
High-churchman-ship
(n.) The state of being a high-churchman. |
High-colored
(a.) Having a strong, deep, or glaring color |
High-colored
(a.) Vivid |
High-embowed
(a.) Having lofty arches. |
High-fed
(a.) Pampered |
High-finished
(a.) Finished with great care |
High-flown
(a.) Elevated |
High-flown
(a.) Turgid |
High-flushed
(a.) Elated. |
High-go
(n.) A spree |
High-handed
(a.) Overbearing |
High-hearted
(a.) Full of courage or nobleness |
| accession rise to power | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne), Elizabeth's accession in |
| high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
| power dive | a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
| high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks
high jinks
hijinks
high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
| power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties, the team was unable to capitalize on the power play |
| power play | a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play, they used a power play to return the kickoff |
| power walking | a form of cardiopulmonary exercise consisting of rapid walking accompanied by vigorous swinging of the arms |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
battery
assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
treason
high treason
lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
power play
squeeze play squeeze | an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power, she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away |
| power trip | (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people |
output
yield | production of a certain amount |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
barrage
barrage fire
battery bombardment
shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops, the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity
hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
stepper
high stepper | a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
| A battery | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
Aswan High Dam
High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
battery
electric battery | a device that produces electricity, may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
| battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
| B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
car battery
automobile battery | a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle, usually a -volt battery of six cells, the heart of the car's electrical system |
| C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
charger
battery charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries |
dress hat
high hat opera hat
silk hat
stovepipe top hat
topper
beaver | a man's hat with a tall crown, usually covered with silk or with beaver fur |
| dry battery | a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells |
electric meter
power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
end product
output | final product, the things produced |
| flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
| hammer power hammer | a power tool for drilling rocks |
hi-fi
high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
| high altar | the main altar in a church |
| high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
high gear
high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |
high-hat cymbal
high hat | cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal |
| high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
| high table | a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform, seats are reserved for distinguished persons |
| high-warp loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically, for weaving tapestry |