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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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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do
(ʊ, də)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to study or work at or in the field of:
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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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classic
(ˈklæs ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a work honored as definitive in its field.
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métier
(ˈmeɪ tyeɪ, meɪˈtyeɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a field of work; occupation or profession.
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action
(action)
Princeton's WordNet
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
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fieldwork
(ˈwaɪn dɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing.
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health professional
(ˈhɛlθ fəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
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rask
(Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask)
Princeton's WordNet
Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
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rasmus christian rask
(Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask)
Princeton's WordNet
Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
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industry
(ˈɪn də stri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the aggregate of work, scholarship, and ancillary activity in a particular field, often named after its principal subject:
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summa
(ˈsʊm aɪ, ˈsʌm i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a comprehensive work, esp. a philosophical or theological treatise, covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a field or subject.
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technician
(ɛkˈnɪʃ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a field, esp. one engaged in mechanical or in applied scientific work.
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volume
Webster Dictionary
hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes
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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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wall
Webster Dictionary
a work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room
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bondager
Webster Dictionary
a field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field
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potential
(əˈtɛn ʃəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a scalar quantity equal to the work done in moving a body from a standard reference point to a given point in a field of force.
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botch
Webster Dictionary
work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle
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piecework
Webster Dictionary
work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed
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work
Webster Dictionary
the matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work
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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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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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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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job
Webster Dictionary
to do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work
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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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