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noun
- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (among vorarephiles) Initialism of cock vore.
- (military) Initialism of combat vehicle.
- (US, navy) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
- (astronomy) Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
- Initialism of computer vision.
- (pathology) Initialism of coronavirus.
- Abbreviation of cellevision.
- (anime) Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
- (business) Initialism of countervailing.
- (statistics) Initialism of cross-validation.
- (phonetics) Initialism of cardinal vowel.
- a summary of your academic and work history
adj
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noun
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
noun
- (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
- (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
- A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
- (Northern England) A look or glance.
- (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
- a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
noun
- (countable, nautical) Initialism of light construction vessel
- (countable, nautical, military) Initialism of landing craft, vehicle
- (countable, automotive, military) Initialism of light combat vehicle or light-weight combat vehicle
- (countable, nautical) Initialism of large container vessel
- (countable, automotive, Europe, India) Initialism of light commercial vehicle
- (uncountable, pathology) Abbreviation of leukocytoclastic vasculitis
- (countable, automotive) Initialism of long combination vehicle
noun
- (nautical) Initialism of dynamically positioned vessel.
- Initialism of Delivery Point Validation.
- (nautical, underwater diving, military) Initialism of diver propulsion vehicle.
- (cryptography) Initialism of delegated path validation.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of dapivirine.
- (technology) Initialism of dependent pressure vessel.
- (pathology) Initialism of disabling positional vertigo.
- Initialism of distributed photovoltaic.
- (chemistry) Initialism of differential pulse voltammetry.
- (biology) Initialism of duck plague virus.
- (finance) Initialism of discounted present value.
- (rare) Initialism of dissimilarity pixel value.
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- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
- (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
- A certificate of church membership.
- (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
- (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
- plural of line
- (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
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- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
verb
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
noun
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- any structure that resembles a sail
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- The blade of a windmill.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- an ocean trip taken for pleasure
verb
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- travel on water propelled by wind
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
noun
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
verb
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
noun
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
- (Japanese fiction, moe anthropomorphism) The shiplike mechanical components and weaponry attached to a shipgirl.
- Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.
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- structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- (British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
- (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
- (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.
- (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
- Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
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- (shipbuilding) The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
- (nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
- The line corresponding to the surface of the water touching any submerged object or body.
- The level at which water meets land along the shore of a body of water.
- (shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, line.
- a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
noun
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- A branch line of a railway.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
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- The contents of such a vessel.
- (baseball, slang) The home plate.
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
- (slang, uncountable) Gossip.
- (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
- (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.
- the quantity that a dish will hold
- a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- a particular item of prepared food
verb
- (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
- (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- (transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
- (slang) To insult, speak ill of.
- make concave; shape like a dish
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
noun
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- Brigadier.
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
- a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
- two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
noun
- (shipbuilding) A strake.
- (social media, Internet) A measure of activity that tracks how many consecutive days a certain interaction with another user or a service has taken place, a form of gamification to drive user engagement.
- A rung or round of a ladder.
- The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
- An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
- A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
- A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
- A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
- The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
- A continuous series of like events.
- a sudden flash (as of lightning)
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a distinctive characteristic
- an unbroken series of events
verb
- (intransitive) To run naked in public.
- (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
- (transitive) To create streaks upon.
- (intransitive) To move very swiftly.
- (intransitive) To run quickly.
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
- run naked in a public place
- move quickly in a straight line
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- (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
- (nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90° or 270° relative.
- at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
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- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
- The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- A transom window.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
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- (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
- A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
- (nautical) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
- (history) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
- The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
- (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
- A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
- (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
- (nautical) A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.
- Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
- (US, slang) A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
- (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
- large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
- any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
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- (naval) A surface ship.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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- (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
- The upper limit of an object or action.
- (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
- The overhead closure of a room.
- (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
- (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
- (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
- (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
- maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- the overhead upper surface of a covered space
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- (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- (transport) A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
- (tennis) A smash.
- (countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (uncountable, business) Wasted money.
- (juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.
- (countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
- (countable) An overhead projector.
- (transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- (uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
- (computing) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
- A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
- (nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
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- (nautical) A circular area or platform on a ship.
- (mining) A track arrangement (usually a loop) that allows mine cars to be redirected without reversing.
- Alternative form of runaround (any sense).
- A quick tour of inspection.
- (rail transport) A route that loops around local rail yards for the transfer of goods (and sometimes used to turn cars around).
- A woman's shoe with a rounded toe, flexible sole, and turned upper popular in the 19th century for dancing.
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- (nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.
- (nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.
- a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting
- an armored pilothouse on a warship
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- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water
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- (nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
- The side or part of something that is at the top.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
- (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
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- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (among vorarephiles) Initialism of cock vore.
- (military) Initialism of combat vehicle.
- (US, navy) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
- (astronomy) Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
- Initialism of computer vision.
- (pathology) Initialism of coronavirus.
- Abbreviation of cellevision.
- (anime) Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
- (business) Initialism of countervailing.
- (statistics) Initialism of cross-validation.
- (phonetics) Initialism of cardinal vowel.
- a summary of your academic and work history
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- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
noun
- (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
- (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
- A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
- (Northern England) A look or glance.
- (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
- a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
noun
- (countable, nautical) Initialism of light construction vessel
- (countable, nautical, military) Initialism of landing craft, vehicle
- (countable, automotive, military) Initialism of light combat vehicle or light-weight combat vehicle
- (countable, nautical) Initialism of large container vessel
- (countable, automotive, Europe, India) Initialism of light commercial vehicle
- (uncountable, pathology) Abbreviation of leukocytoclastic vasculitis
- (countable, automotive) Initialism of long combination vehicle
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- (nautical) Initialism of dynamically positioned vessel.
- Initialism of Delivery Point Validation.
- (nautical, underwater diving, military) Initialism of diver propulsion vehicle.
- (cryptography) Initialism of delegated path validation.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of dapivirine.
- (technology) Initialism of dependent pressure vessel.
- (pathology) Initialism of disabling positional vertigo.
- Initialism of distributed photovoltaic.
- (chemistry) Initialism of differential pulse voltammetry.
- (biology) Initialism of duck plague virus.
- (finance) Initialism of discounted present value.
- (rare) Initialism of dissimilarity pixel value.
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noun
- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
- (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
- A certificate of church membership.
- (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
- (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
- plural of line
- (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
verb
noun
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
verb
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
noun
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- any structure that resembles a sail
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- The blade of a windmill.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- an ocean trip taken for pleasure
verb
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- travel on water propelled by wind
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
noun
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
verb
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
noun
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
- (Japanese fiction, moe anthropomorphism) The shiplike mechanical components and weaponry attached to a shipgirl.
- Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.
verb
noun
- structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- (British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
- (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
- (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.
- (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
- Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
noun
- (shipbuilding) The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
- (nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
- The line corresponding to the surface of the water touching any submerged object or body.
- The level at which water meets land along the shore of a body of water.
- (shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, line.
- a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
noun
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- A branch line of a railway.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
noun
noun
- The contents of such a vessel.
- (baseball, slang) The home plate.
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
- (slang, uncountable) Gossip.
- (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
- (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.
- the quantity that a dish will hold
- a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- a particular item of prepared food
verb
- (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
- (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- (transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
- (slang) To insult, speak ill of.
- make concave; shape like a dish
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
noun
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- Brigadier.
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
- a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
- two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
noun
- (shipbuilding) A strake.
- (social media, Internet) A measure of activity that tracks how many consecutive days a certain interaction with another user or a service has taken place, a form of gamification to drive user engagement.
- A rung or round of a ladder.
- The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
- An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
- A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
- A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
- A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
- The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
- A continuous series of like events.
- a sudden flash (as of lightning)
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a distinctive characteristic
- an unbroken series of events
verb
- (intransitive) To run naked in public.
- (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
- (transitive) To create streaks upon.
- (intransitive) To move very swiftly.
- (intransitive) To run quickly.
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
- run naked in a public place
- move quickly in a straight line
noun
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
verb
noun
- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
- The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- A transom window.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
noun
- (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
- A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
- (nautical) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
- (history) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
- The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
- (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
- A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
- (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
- (nautical) A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.
- Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
- (US, slang) A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
- (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
- large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
- any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
noun
- (naval) A surface ship.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
verb
noun
- (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
- The upper limit of an object or action.
- (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
- The overhead closure of a room.
- (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
- (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
- (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
- (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
- maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- the overhead upper surface of a covered space
verb
noun
- (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- (transport) A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
- (tennis) A smash.
- (countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (uncountable, business) Wasted money.
- (juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.
- (countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
- (countable) An overhead projector.
- (transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- (uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
- (computing) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
- A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
- (nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
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noun
- (nautical) A circular area or platform on a ship.
- (mining) A track arrangement (usually a loop) that allows mine cars to be redirected without reversing.
- Alternative form of runaround (any sense).
- A quick tour of inspection.
- (rail transport) A route that loops around local rail yards for the transfer of goods (and sometimes used to turn cars around).
- A woman's shoe with a rounded toe, flexible sole, and turned upper popular in the 19th century for dancing.
noun
- (nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.
- (nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.
- a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting
- an armored pilothouse on a warship
noun
- (nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
- The side or part of something that is at the top.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
- (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
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adv
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adj
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water