aceldama
Webster Dictionary
the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed
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cornfield
Webster Dictionary
a field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn
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fieldpiece
Webster Dictionary
a cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun
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bend
Webster Dictionary
one of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base
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bondager
Webster Dictionary
a field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field
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paramagnetism
(paramagnetism)
Princeton's WordNet
materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
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shock
(shock)
Princeton's WordNet
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
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campestrian
Webster Dictionary
relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground
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gloss
(glossary, gloss)
Princeton's WordNet
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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glossary
(glossary, gloss)
Princeton's WordNet
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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ferromagnetism
(ferromagnetism)
Princeton's WordNet
phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
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paramagnet
(ˌpær əˈmæg nɪt, ˈpær əˌmæg-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength.
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list
Webster Dictionary
a line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat
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center field
(ˈsɛn tərd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the area of a baseball outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.
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flux gate
(ʌks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the earth: used in some gyrocompasses and magnetometers. Also called flux valve.
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army worm
Webster Dictionary
a lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm
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magnetosphere
(magnetosphere)
Princeton's WordNet
the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
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potential
(əˈtɛn ʃəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a scalar quantity equal, at a given point in an electric field, to the work done in moving a unit charge to an infinite distance from the field's origin.
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offside
(offside)
Princeton's WordNet
(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
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lorentz force
(Lorentz force)
Princeton's WordNet
the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field
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lacrosse
Webster Dictionary
a game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field
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oval
(ˈoʊ vəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
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afield
(afield)
Princeton's WordNet
in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
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field strength
(field strength, field intensity)
Princeton's WordNet
the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
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field intensity
(field strength, field intensity)
Princeton's WordNet
the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
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astatic coils
(astatic coils)
Princeton's WordNet
an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field
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escutcheon
Webster Dictionary
the surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister
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permittivity
(ˌpɜr mɪˈtɪv ɪ ti)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the ratio of the flux density produced by an electric field in a given dielectric to the flux density produced by that field in a vacuum.
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fielding
Webster Dictionary
of Field
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afield
Webster Dictionary
to, in, or on the field
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