close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
straight and narrow strait and narrow | the way of proper and honest behavior, he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow |
western narrow-mouthed toad Gastrophryne olivacea | small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America |
eastern narrow-mouthed toad Gastrophryne carolinensis | small toad of southeastern United States |
anemometer wind gauge wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
canal boat narrow boat narrowboat | a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals |
depth gauge depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
fuel gauge fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
gasoline gauge gasoline gage gas gauge gas gage petrol gauge petrol gage | gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle |
gauge gage | a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. |
micrometer micrometer gauge micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
narrowbody aircraft narrow-body aircraft narrow-body | a commercial airliner with a single aisle |
narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches |
narrow wale | corduroy with narrow ribs |
pressure gauge pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
rain gauge rain gage pluviometer udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
strain gauge strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
surface gauge surface gage scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
vacuum gauge vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
water gauge water gage water glass | gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
bore gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
gauge | the thickness of wire |
narrow margin narrowness slimness | a small margin, the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory, the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just % of the popular vote |
gauge | the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train |
narrow-mindedness narrowness | an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior |
gauge boson | a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles |
narrow | a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water |
narrow-leaved flame flower Talinum augustissimum | similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers, southwestern United States |
narrow-leaved white-topped aster | a variety of white-topped aster |
narrow goldenrod Solidago spathulata | western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers |
lesser bullrush narrow-leaf cattail narrow-leaved reedmace soft flag Typha angustifolia | reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia |
Queensland bottletree narrow-leaved bottletree Brachychiton rupestris Sterculia rupestris | large tree of Queensland having creamolored flowers blotched with red inside, sometimes placed in genus Sterculia |
flat pea narrow-leaved everlasting pea Lathyrus sylvestris | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink, sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure |
English plantain narrow-leaved plantain ribgrass ribwort ripple-grass buckthorn Plantago lanceolata | an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
narrow-leaved water plantain | a variety of water plantain |
narrow-leaf penstemon Penstemon linarioides | plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters, Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona |
Central American strap fern narrow-leaved strap fern Campyloneurum augustifolium | fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina |
silvery spleenwort glade fern narrow-leaved spleenwort Athyrium pycnocarpon Diplazium pycnocarpon | North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks |
long beech fern narrow beech fern northern beech fern Phegopteris connectilis Dryopteris phegopteris Thelypteris phegopteris | beech fern of North America and Eurasia |
gauge standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
constrict constringe narrow | become tight or as if tight, Her throat constricted |
narrow contract | make or become more narrow or restricted, The selection was narrowed, The road narrowed |
gauge | mix in specific proportions, gauge plaster |
specialize specialise narrow narrow down | become more focus on an area of activity or field of study, She specializes in Near Eastern history |
gauge | adapt to a specified measurement, gauge the instruments |
gauge | measure precisely and against a standard, the wire is gauged |
estimate gauge approximate guess judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time), I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds |