run
(footrace, foot race, run)
Princeton's WordNet
a race run on foot
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footrace
(footrace, foot race, run)
Princeton's WordNet
a race run on foot
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foot race
(footrace, foot race, run)
Princeton's WordNet
a race run on foot
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marathon
(ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. 385 yd. (42 km 195 m).
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footrace
(ˈfʊtˌreɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a race run by contestants on foot.
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tape
(tape)
Princeton's WordNet
the finishing line for a foot race
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monopode
(ˈmɒn əˌpoʊd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(sometimes cap.) one of a fabled race of people having only one foot.
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steeplechase
(ˈsti pəlˌtʃeɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course with obstacles, as ditches or hurdles.
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stadium
Webster Dictionary
hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races
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monopode
Webster Dictionary
one of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot
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atalanta
(ˌæt lˈæn tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a virgin huntress of Greek myth, who promised to marry the suitor who could beat her in a foot race.
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futurity
(ˈtʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called futurity race. a horse race, usu. for two-year-olds, in which the entrants are selected long before the race is run, sometimes before the birth of the foal.
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heel-and-toe
(hil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or designating a pace, as in race-walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches the ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
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metatarsus
(metatarsus)
Princeton's WordNet
the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
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foot
Webster Dictionary
the lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed
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claiming race
(claiming race)
Princeton's WordNet
a horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the race
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flat foot
Webster Dictionary
a foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot
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triple jump
(ˈtrɪp əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in track and field) a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
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foot
Webster Dictionary
that which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking
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repechage
(repechage)
Princeton's WordNet
a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
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stake race
(stake race)
Princeton's WordNet
a horse race in which part of the prize is put up by the owners of the horses in the race
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starting post
(starting post)
Princeton's WordNet
a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race)
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colored
(ˈkʌl ərd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Older Use: Usu. Offensive. belonging wholly or in part to a race other than the white, esp. to the black race.
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white supremacy
(ˈʰwaɪtˌsmɪθ, ˈwaɪt-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a belief that the white race is superior to other races, esp. the black race.
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people of color
(color, colour, people of color, people of colour)
Princeton's WordNet
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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colour
(color, colour, people of color, people of colour)
Princeton's WordNet
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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people of colour
(color, colour, people of color, people of colour)
Princeton's WordNet
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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heat
(heat)
Princeton's WordNet
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
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color
(color, colour, people of color, people of colour)
Princeton's WordNet
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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claiming race
(ˈkleɪ mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a race in which any horse entered can be purchased by anyone who has made a bid before the race.
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