Aich's metal
() A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Air jacket
() A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. |
Ammunition
(n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. |
Ammunition
(n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds |
Ammunition
(n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. |
Ammunition
(v. t.) To provide with ammunition. |
Anthony's Fire
() See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint. |
Anti
() A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of |
Anti-American
(a.) Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. |
Anti-federalist
(n.) One of party opposed to a federative government |
Anti-Gallican
(a.) Opposed to what is Gallic or French. |
Anti-trade
(n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
Ash-fire
(n.) A low fire used in chemical operations. |
Attack
(v. t.) To fall upon with force |
Attack
(v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing |
Attack
(v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
Attack
(v. t.) To begin to affect |
Attack
(v. i.) To make an onset or attack. |
Attack
(n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence |
Attack
(n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
Attack
(n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
Attack
(n.) An access of disease |
Attack
(n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
Babbitt metal
() A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Ball
(n.) Any round or roundish body or mass |
Ball
(n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. |
Ball
(n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football. |
Ball
(n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm |
Ball
(n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air |
Ball
(n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock |
Ball
(n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body |
Ball
(n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses |
Ball
(n.) The globe or earth. |
Ball
(v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay |
Ball
(v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. |
Ball
(v. t.) To form or wind into a ball |
Ball
(n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. |
Ball-flower
(n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding. |
Bore
(imp.) of Bear |
Bell metal
() A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blank
(a.) Of a white or pale color |
Blank
(a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks |
Blank
(a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited. |
Blank
(a.) Empty |
Blank
(a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety |
Blank
(a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc. |
Blank
(a.) Absolute |
Blank
(n.) Any void space |
Blank
(n.) A lot by which nothing is gained |
Blank
(n.) A paper unwritten |
| ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone, he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
curve curve ball
breaking ball
bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
| passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not, allows a base runner to advance a base |
submarine ball
submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
enfilade
enfilade fire | gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation |
| fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
| foul ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fly
fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
| attack tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
| jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed, an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate |
| direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
campaign hunting expedition
safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
gainer
full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
| hunt hunting | the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
deer hunting
deer hunt | hunting deer |
| ducking duck hunting | hunting ducks |
fox hunting
foxhunt | mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox |
| attack | an offensive move in a sport or game, they won the game with a -hit attack in the th inning |
ball game
ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
| ball | the game of baseball |
googly
wrong 'un
bosie
bosie ball | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
| no ball | unlawfully delivered ball in cricket, the umpire called it a no ball |
| ball hawking | a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team |
let
net ball | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court, the ball must be served again |
| heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
hunt
hunting | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cell nuclear transfer
SCNT
nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
ball-buster
ball-breaker | a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing, Vietnam was a ball-breaker |
center field
centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
| center | a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game |
| center | (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play, it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback |
| center | the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game |
| nuclear terrorism | the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism |
| attack attempt | the act of attacking, attacks on women increased last year, they made an attempt on his life |
| commercial bribery | bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction |
| joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
tall order
large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
| anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
| fire watching | (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky |
| fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire |
hydroponics
aquiculture
tank farming | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |