masking piece
masking
offstage
wing
backstage
upstage
flies
stage left
stage right
camera left
scenery
boards
substage
audience left
coulisse
crosslight
set piece
teaser
decor
downstage
tormenter
tormentor
orchestra pit
camera right
apron
audience right
black box
scene-dock
concert
iron curtain
behind
scrim
viewshaft
offscreen
backcloth
footlights
quonk
audiencelessness
runway
backdrop
background
thrust stage
drop
Bayreuth hush
fly
periaktoi
scenically
cardboarding
kiddie table
sink
balcony
stage door
postscenium
wigwag
theatrelessness
untheatrical
fourth wall
mazarine
ghosting
behind the scenes
production
microcinema
revusical
stereoblindness
ostentation
antitheater
fanfare
flash
translocative
exit
joint
understage
auditorium
pas devant
proscenium
theatre curtain
proscenium wall
movieoke
onstage
theater curtain
flopover
OOV
on parade
prompter's box
prompt box
offstage
offscreen
untheatrical
translocative
onstage
behind
offscreen
scenically
backstage
offstage
masking piece
masking
offstage
wing
backstage
upstage
flies
stage left
stage right
camera left
scenery
boards
substage
audience left
coulisse
crosslight
set piece
teaser
decor
downstage
tormenter
tormentor
orchestra pit
camera right
apron
audience right
black box
scene-dock
concert
iron curtain
scrim
viewshaft
backcloth
footlights
quonk
audiencelessness
runway
backdrop
background
thrust stage
drop
Bayreuth hush
fly
periaktoi
cardboarding
kiddie table
sink
balcony
stage door
postscenium
wigwag
theatrelessness
fourth wall
mazarine
ghosting
production
microcinema
revusical
stereoblindness
ostentation
antitheater
fanfare
flash
joint
understage
auditorium
proscenium
theatre curtain
proscenium wall
movieoke
theater curtain
flopover
prompter's box
prompt box
offstage
upstage
exit
noun
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a unit of military aircraft
- the side of military or naval formation
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
- an addition that extends a main building
verb
noun
- Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
- Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
- Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
- One of differing points of view.
- A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
- Multiple perspectives or points of view.
verb
noun
- A piece of freestanding stage scenery.
- Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.
- An elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work.
- Any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation.
noun
- The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
- The sides of a tree's canopy.
- The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
- The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
- A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
- The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
- The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
- An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- The spreading end of a driveway.
- A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
- The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
verb
noun
- A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
- A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.
- A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
- A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
- Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
verb
adv
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
noun
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- The rear, back-end.
- The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- A one-point score.
- The catcher.
prep
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- After in time.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
adj
noun
- A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
- A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
- A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.
- A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
- A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
- Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
- A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
verb
noun
- a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a chute down which logs can slide
- a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land
noun
- scenery hung at back of stage
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
verb
noun
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- A wing.
- A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- A butterfly (combination of four options).
- An act of flying.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- waste cotton
- Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
- That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
- The free edge of a flag.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A fly ball.
- The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- Related terms: flyman
- A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
adj
verb
- To be in the winged adult stage.
- To hunt with a hawk.
- To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- To be accepted, come about or work out.
- To proceed with great success.
- To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
noun
- A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.
- Descending motion; descent.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
- A sinkhole.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A heat sink.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- The motion of a sinker pitch.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
verb
- To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- To push (something) into something.
- To make by digging or delving.
- To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- To pay absolutely.
- To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
noun
- A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and vehicles outside should remain quiet; a red-eye.
- A device with multiple (often two), alternately flashing lights which is installed at a railway level crossing (or grade crossing), a movable bridge, etc., to warn vehicular traffic to stop.
- An instrument that creates a wigwagging motion for polishing.
- A grade crossing signal with a swinging motion used to indicate an approaching train.
- A device that causes one or more lights to flash in a preset pattern.
- A device used to cause lamps installed on a motor vehicle, especially an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or police car, to flash as a warning.
- Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
- A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.
- A warning device inside the cabin of a truck that causes a mechanical arm to drop into view when the pressure in the airbrake system of the truck becomes too low for the brakes to be reliably deployed.
adv
verb
noun
noun
- The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
- Ghost imaging.
- The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
- A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
- A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
- A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
- The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
noun
- The presentation of a theatrical work.
- The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
- The act of producing, making or creating something.
- A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
- The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
- Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
- The act of being produced.
- Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
- An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
- An extension or protrusion.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
- That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
- The total amount produced.
noun
- a gaudy outward display
- a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
- a momentary brightness
- a short vivid experience
- a sudden brilliant understanding
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
- a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
- a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
verb
- gleam or glow intermittently
- appear briefly
- display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- make known or cause to appear with great speed
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- expose or show briefly
- protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
- emit a brief burst of light
adj
verb
- Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
- To depart from life; to die.
- To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
- To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
- To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- To give up the lead.
- To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
- To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
noun
- A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
- An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
- An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
- The act of departing from life; death.
- The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
noun
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
adj
adj
verb
prep_phrase
- out of vision: an item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary
- out of vocabulary: used in computational linguistics and natural language processing for terms encountered in input which are not present in a system's dictionary or database of known terms
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