| zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
twilight zone
no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
area
region | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve, in the abdominal region |
| erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
cortical area
cortical region | any of various regions of the cerebral cortex |
language area
language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
motor area
motor region
motor cortex
Rolando's area
excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
sensorimotor area
sensorimotor region | an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions |
pubes
pubic region
loins | the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs |
zone
zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
Hell Hades
infernal region netherworld
Scheol
underworld | (religion) the world of the dead, No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth-Theognis |
Hell
perdition
Inferno infernal region
nether region
pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil, where sinners suffer eternal punishment, Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell- John Milton, a demon from the depths of the pit, Hell is paved with good intentions-Dr. Johnson |
hellfire
red region | a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned |
| comfort zone | the temperature range (between anddegrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating |
region
realm | a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about, it was a limited realm of discourse, here we enter the region of opinion, the realm of the occult |
Antarctic
Antarctic Zone
South Frigid Zone | the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters |
Arctic
Arctic Zone
North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
| zone | an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic |
| zone geographical zone | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude |
| climatic zone | any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
| zone of interior | the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations |
Frigid Zone
polar zone
polar region | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole, characterized by frigid climate |
geographical area
geographic area
geographical region
geographic region | a demarcated area of the Earth |
| biogeographical region | an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna |
benthos
benthic division
benthonic zone | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
D-layer
D region | the lowest region of the ionosphere ( tomiles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves |
Appleton layer
F layer
F region | the highest region of the ionosphere (fromto miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for longange radio transmission |
Heaviside layer
Kennelly-Heaviside layer
E layer
E region | a region of the ionosphere (fromtomiles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length |
littoral
litoral
littoral zone
sands | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
loading zone
loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
| no-parking zone | a space where automobiles are not allowed to park |
parking space
parking zone | a space where an automobile can be parked |
region
part | the extended spatial location of something, the farming regions of France, religions in all parts of the world, regions of outer space |
| region | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth, penguins inhabit the polar regions |
unknown
unknown region
terra incognita | an unknown and unexplored region, they came like angels out the unknown |
free port
free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |
| Temperate Zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by temperate climate |
| North Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer |
| South Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn |
Torrid Zone
tropical zone
tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by a hot climate |
| zone | a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features |
buffer zone
buffer | a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict |
combat zone
combat area | a military area where combat forces operate |
| war zone | a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war) |
| combat zone tenderloin | a city district known for its vice and high crime rate |
| danger zone | a dangerous area |
demilitarized zone
DMZ | a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited, tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea |
drop zone
dropping zone | an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops |
kill zone
killing zone | an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities |