Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross (n.) Church lands. |
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross (a.) Not parallel |
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross (prep.) Athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross (v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
Cross (v. i.) To interbreed, as races |
Cross-armed (a.) With arms crossed. |
Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface. |
Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
Cross-bun (n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday. |
Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses. |
Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. |
Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. |
Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. |
Cross-examiner (n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. |
Cross-eye (n.) See Strabismus. |
Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus |
Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross. |
Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale. |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
handling manipulation | the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means |
cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
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 |
handling | manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something |
materials handling | act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
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 |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
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 |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
treatment handling | the management of someone or something, the handling of prisoners, the treatment of water sewage, the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system |
hybrid crossbreed cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
Calvary cross cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
Cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified, used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry |
cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
cross bit | a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges, used in mining |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
cross-stitch | embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X |
cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
government office | an office where government employees work |
Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |