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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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- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
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- A tourist vessel that rides low in the water, with the majority of the vehicle submerged, with underwater windows.
- A low-freeboard vessel, capable of being incidentally submerged, with the majority of the hull located underwater.
- A specialised marine vessel with good stability and seakeeping characteristics, often used in offshore roles such as oil drilling.
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- (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
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- (nautical) Initialism of research vessel.
- (astronautics) Initialism of reentry vehicle.
- Abbreviation of rhinovirus.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right ventricle.
- Initialism of rabies virus.
- (military) Abbreviation of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.
- (politics) Initialism of registered voter.
- (physiology) Initialism of residual volume.
- (medicine) Initialism of rectal varicosity.
- (statistics) Initialism of random variable.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.
- Initialism of raw vegan.
- (transport) Initialism of return vehicle.
- a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
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- (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
- (geometry) Initialism of side side angle, a geometric proof reason.
- Initialism of same-sex attraction.
- (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
- (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
- Initialism of special security agreement.
- an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
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- (vehicles) Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
- (politics) Initialism of alternative vote.
- (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of age verification.
- (uncountable, among vorarephiles) Initialism of anal vore.
- (computing) Initialism of access violation.
- (computing) Initialism of antivirus.
- (Japanese pornography) Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).
- (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
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- of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull
- easily or conveniently transported
- (computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
- Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
- (computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- Able to be carried or easily moved.
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- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
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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
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- (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)
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- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
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- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
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- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
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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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- An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
- A surname.
- A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
- A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
- A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
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- (nautical) M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
- (numismatics) Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of medium shot.
- Initialism of middle school.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral stenosis.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of morphine sulfate.
- (UK politics) Initialism of member of Senedd
- (criminology) Initialism of murder-suicide.
- (plural MSS) Abbreviation of manuscript.
- (neurology, uncountable) Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
- (philately) Initialism of mini-sheet.
- (academics) Initialism of Master of Science.
- a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
- a master's degree in science
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- (astronautics) To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
- (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
- (transitive, computing) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.
- (transitive, computing) To remove from a docking station.
- move out of a dock
- take (a ship) out of a dock
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- (intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
- (ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
- (transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
- (transitive) To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
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- an object that floats or is capable of floating
- a swimmer who floats in the water
- an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
- a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
- (US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed one (or an extra) representative of its own.
- (finance) Clipping of floating rate bond.
- (vulgar) A piece of faeces which floats.
- (slang) A person who attaches themselves to a group of people, and who repeatedly shows up at group activities even though this is undesired by the group; a hanger-on.
- (Australia) Ellipsis of pie floater (“a meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup”).
- A voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially (US) one whose vote can be illegally purchased.
- A river mussel (genus Anodonta).
- An employee of an organization who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away; also, a short-term employee; a temporary, a temp.
- (prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners which is not part of the official prison library.
- A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid.
- (ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.
- (cricket) A spinning delivery of the ball that travels in a high arched path.
- An "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests.
- (law enforcement, slang) A corpse floating in a body of water.
- A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
- (insurance) An insurance policy covering movable property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
- A small suet dumpling put into soup.
- (US) A person who votes illegally in various electoral districts or polling places, either under a false voter registration or under the name of a properly registered voter who has not yet voted.
- (India) A waterproof sandal.
- (US, law) A criminal sentence which is suspended so long as the convicted person leaves an area.
- (sports) A ball that moves lightly through the air, as if floating; specifically (basketball), an early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
- A person who frequently changes employment.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
- (sports) A player not affiliated with a team.
- (two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
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- Initialism of surface area.
- Initialism of social anxiety.
- Initialism of sexual assault.
- Initialism of Scenario Analysis.
- Initialism of small arms.
- Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
- Initialism of simulated annealing.
- Initialism of sex appeal.
- Initialism of salicylic acid.
- Initialism of special agent.
- Initialism of sexual abuse.
- Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness.
- Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
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- Initialism of San Andreas.
- Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia.
- Initialism of South America: a continent.
- Initialism of Stage Accompany.
- Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula.
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States.
- Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia.
- Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa.
- Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
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- (nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
- (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
- either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
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- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
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- (nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.
- (nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
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- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
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- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
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- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
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- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
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- place in a cylindrical vessel
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- affect in a disagreeable way
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
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- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
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- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (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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- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a natural flow of ground water
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- an artificially produced flow of water
- (originally) A natural source of water; a spring.
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- (US) A soda fountain.
- (juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
- (figurative) A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
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- an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
- one's area of interest or expertise
- (archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
noun
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
verb
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
noun
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
noun
name
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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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- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
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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
- (nautical) Initialism of research vessel.
- (astronautics) Initialism of reentry vehicle.
- Abbreviation of rhinovirus.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right ventricle.
- Initialism of rabies virus.
- (military) Abbreviation of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.
- (politics) Initialism of registered voter.
- (physiology) Initialism of residual volume.
- (medicine) Initialism of rectal varicosity.
- (statistics) Initialism of random variable.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.
- Initialism of raw vegan.
- (transport) Initialism of return vehicle.
- a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
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noun
- (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
- (geometry) Initialism of side side angle, a geometric proof reason.
- Initialism of same-sex attraction.
- (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
- (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
- Initialism of special security agreement.
- an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
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name
noun
- (vehicles) Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
- (politics) Initialism of alternative vote.
- (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of age verification.
- (uncountable, among vorarephiles) Initialism of anal vore.
- (computing) Initialism of access violation.
- (computing) Initialism of antivirus.
- (Japanese pornography) Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).
- (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
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adj
noun
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
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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
- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
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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name
- An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
- A surname.
- A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
- A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
- A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
noun
- (nautical) M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
- (numismatics) Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of medium shot.
- Initialism of middle school.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral stenosis.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of morphine sulfate.
- (UK politics) Initialism of member of Senedd
- (criminology) Initialism of murder-suicide.
- (plural MSS) Abbreviation of manuscript.
- (neurology, uncountable) Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
- (philately) Initialism of mini-sheet.
- (academics) Initialism of Master of Science.
- a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
- a master's degree in science
name
noun
- an object that floats or is capable of floating
- a swimmer who floats in the water
- an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
- a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
- (US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed one (or an extra) representative of its own.
- (finance) Clipping of floating rate bond.
- (vulgar) A piece of faeces which floats.
- (slang) A person who attaches themselves to a group of people, and who repeatedly shows up at group activities even though this is undesired by the group; a hanger-on.
- (Australia) Ellipsis of pie floater (“a meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup”).
- A voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially (US) one whose vote can be illegally purchased.
- A river mussel (genus Anodonta).
- An employee of an organization who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away; also, a short-term employee; a temporary, a temp.
- (prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners which is not part of the official prison library.
- A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid.
- (ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.
- (cricket) A spinning delivery of the ball that travels in a high arched path.
- An "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests.
- (law enforcement, slang) A corpse floating in a body of water.
- A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
- (insurance) An insurance policy covering movable property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
- A small suet dumpling put into soup.
- (US) A person who votes illegally in various electoral districts or polling places, either under a false voter registration or under the name of a properly registered voter who has not yet voted.
- (India) A waterproof sandal.
- (US, law) A criminal sentence which is suspended so long as the convicted person leaves an area.
- (sports) A ball that moves lightly through the air, as if floating; specifically (basketball), an early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
- A person who frequently changes employment.
- (surfing) A manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
- (sports) A player not affiliated with a team.
- (two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
noun
- Initialism of surface area.
- Initialism of social anxiety.
- Initialism of sexual assault.
- Initialism of Scenario Analysis.
- Initialism of small arms.
- Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
- Initialism of simulated annealing.
- Initialism of sex appeal.
- Initialism of salicylic acid.
- Initialism of special agent.
- Initialism of sexual abuse.
- Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness.
- Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
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- Initialism of San Andreas.
- Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia.
- Initialism of South America: a continent.
- Initialism of Stage Accompany.
- Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula.
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States.
- Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia.
- Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa.
- Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
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- (nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
- (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
- either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
noun
- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
noun
- (nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.
- (nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
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- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
noun
- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
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- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
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- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
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- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (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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- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a natural flow of ground water
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- an artificially produced flow of water
- (originally) A natural source of water; a spring.
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- (US) A soda fountain.
- (juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
- (figurative) A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
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- an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
- one's area of interest or expertise
- (archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
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verb
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
noun
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
verb
- (astronautics) To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
- (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
- (transitive, computing) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.
- (transitive, computing) To remove from a docking station.
- move out of a dock
- take (a ship) out of a dock
verb
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
- (ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
- (transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
- (transitive) To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
verb
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- affect in a disagreeable way
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
noun
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
verb
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
noun
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
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- A tourist vessel that rides low in the water, with the majority of the vehicle submerged, with underwater windows.
- A low-freeboard vessel, capable of being incidentally submerged, with the majority of the hull located underwater.
- A specialised marine vessel with good stability and seakeeping characteristics, often used in offshore roles such as oil drilling.
adj
- of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull
- easily or conveniently transported
- (computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
- Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
- (computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- Able to be carried or easily moved.