layup
(lay-up, layup)
Princeton's WordNet
a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
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lay-up
(lay-up, layup)
Princeton's WordNet
a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
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lay up
(lay-up, layup)
Princeton's WordNet
a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
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crop
Webster Dictionary
that which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest
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slip
(ɪp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of an aircraft when excessively banked) to slide sideways, toward the center of the curve described in turning.
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skid
(ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning.
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bottomry
Webster Dictionary
a contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypothecation
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torpedo
Webster Dictionary
a kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship
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timber
Webster Dictionary
a single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding
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bank shot
(æŋks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a shot in billiards and pool in which the cue ball or object ball is banked.
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individual
Webster Dictionary
the product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission
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single
Webster Dictionary
not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope
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single-foot
Webster Dictionary
an irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See single, v. i
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heat
Webster Dictionary
a violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three
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solo
Webster Dictionary
a tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice
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shell plating
(shell plating)
Princeton's WordNet
the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
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monophyletic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin
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single-minded
Webster Dictionary
having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted
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breath
Webster Dictionary
a single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant
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pump well
(pump well)
Princeton's WordNet
an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps
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ship's company
(ship's company, company)
Princeton's WordNet
crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
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company
(ship's company, company)
Princeton's WordNet
crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
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log
(log)
Princeton's WordNet
measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
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draught
Webster Dictionary
the depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught
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save-all
(save-all)
Princeton's WordNet
a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship
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monotype
(monotype)
Princeton's WordNet
(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
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euglena
(euglena)
Princeton's WordNet
minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
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plant
Webster Dictionary
a vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule
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monogenism
(əˈnɒdʒ əˌnɪz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of individuals or a single ancestral type.
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cat rig
(əˈtɒp trɪks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a rig consisting of a single mast with a long boom set well forward and carrying a single gaff or jib-headed sail.
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