Benting time
() The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Tender
(n.) One who tends |
Tender
(n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. |
Tender
(n.) A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. |
Tender
(v. t.) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture |
Tender
(v. t.) To offer in words |
Tender
(n.) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance |
Tender
(n.) Any offer or proposal made for acceptance |
Tender
(n.) The thing offered |
Tender
(superl.) Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured |
Tender
(superl.) Sensible to impression and pain |
Tender
(superl.) Physically weak |
Tender
(superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness |
Tender
(superl.) Exciting kind concern |
Tender
(superl.) Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure |
Tender
(superl.) Unwilling to cause pain |
Tender
(superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy |
Tender
(superl.) Apt to give pain |
Tender
(superl.) Heeling over too easily when under sail |
Tender
(n.) Regard |
Tender
(v. t.) To have a care of |
Tender-hearted
(a.) Having great sensibility |
Tender-hefted
(a.) Having great tenderness |
Time
(n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time
(n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time
(n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time
(n.) The duration of one's life |
Time
(n.) A proper time |
Time
(n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. |
Time
(n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition |
Time
(n.) The present life |
Time
(n.) Tense. |
Time
(n.) The measured duration of sounds |
Time
(v. t.) To appoint the time for |
Time
(v. t.) To regulate as to time |
Time
(v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of |
Time
(v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony. |
Time
(v. i.) To keep or beat time |
Time
(v. i.) To pass time |
Time-honored
(a.) Honored for a long time |
Time-table
(n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc. |
Time-table
(n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains. |
Time-table
(n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. |
| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
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 |
tender loving care
TLC | considerate and solicitous care, young children need lots of TLC |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| 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 |
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 |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
tender
supply ship | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
tender ship's boat
pinnace
cutter | a boat for communication between ship and shore |
| tender | car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water |
| time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb
infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
| time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
| time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
| time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
| time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
| time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
| time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage
time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter
metre
time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
| light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
space-time
space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
| time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
| pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
| time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
| time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
time signature
musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
bid
tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price |
| tender offer | an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both |
good time
blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
| time | a person's experience on a particular occasion, he had a time holding back the tears, they had a good time together |
semantic error
run-time error
runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
time
clip | an instance or single occasion for some event, this time he succeeded, he called four times, he could do ten at a clip |
| time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
attendant
attender
tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| double time | a doubled wage (for working overtime) |
| time and a half | a rate of pay that is . times the regular rate, for overtime work |
installment plan
installment buying
time plan | a system for paying for goods by installments |
time deposit account
deposit account | a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest |
tender
legal tender
stamp | something that can be used as an official medium of payment |
| time deposit | a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date |
| time loan | a loan that is payable on or before a specified date |
| time note | a note that specifies the time (or times) of repayment |