200-219

#200. Length.-- N. length

• longitude

• span

• mileage

• distance

• line

• bar

• rule

• stripe

• streak

• spoke

• radius

• lengthening

• prolongation

• production

• protraction

• tension

• extension

• [Measures of length] line

• nail

• inch

• hand

• palm

• foot

• cubit

• yard

• ell

• fathom

• rood

• pole

• furlong

• mile

• league

• chain

• link

• [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit

• AU

• light-year

• parsec

• [metric units of length] nanometer

• nm

• micron

• micrometer

• millimicron

• millimeter

• mm

• centimeter

• cm

• meter

• kilometer

• km

• pedometer

• perambulator

• scale

• V. be long

• stretch out

• sprawl

• extend to

• reach to

• stretch

• to

• make a long arm

• "drag its slow length along."

• render long

• lengthen

• extend

• elongate

• stretch

• prolong

• produce

• protract

• let out

• draw out

• spin out|!

• drawl

• enfilade

• look along

• view in perspective

• distend (expand) 194

• Adj. long

• lengthy

• outstretched;

• lengthened

• sesquipedalian

• interminable

• no end

• of

• linear

• lineal

• longitudinal

• oblong

• as long as my arm

• as long as today and tomorrow

• unshortened

• (shorten

• Adv. lengthwise

• at length

• longitudinally

• along;

• tandem

• in a line

• in perspective

• from end to end

• from stem to stern

• from head to foot

• from the crown

• of the head to the sole of the foot

• from top to toe

• fore and aft

#201. Shortness.-- N. shortness

• brevity

• littleness

• a span

• shortening

• abbreviation

• abridgment

• concision

• retrenchment

• curtailment

• decurtation|

• reduction

• (contraction)

• epitome

• elision

• ellipsis

• conciseness

• abridger

• V. be short

• render short

• shorten

• curtail

• abridge

• abbreviate

• take in

• reduce

• compress

• epitomize

• retrench

• cut short

• scrimp

• cut

• chop up

• hack

• hew

• cut down

• pare down

• clip

• dock

• lop

• prune

• shear

• shave

• mow

• reap

• crop

• snub

• truncate

• pollard

• stunt

• nip

• check the growth of;

• foreshorten[in drawing]

• Adj. short

• brief

• curt

• compendious

• compact

• stubby

• scrimp

• shorn

• stubbed

• stumpy

• thickset

• pug

• chunky [U.S.]

• stocky

• squab

• squat

• dumpy

• little

• curtailed of its fair proportions

• short by

• oblate

• concise

• summary

• Adv. shortly

• in short

#202. Breadth

• Thickness.-- N. breadth

• width

• latitude

• amplitude;

• diameter

• bore

• caliber

• radius

• superficial extent

• thickness

• corpulence

• dilation

• (expansion) 194

• V. be broad

• become broad

• render broad

• expand

• thicken

• widen

• calibrate

• Adj. broad

• wide

• ample

• extended

• fanlike

• outspread

• outstretched

• "wide as a church-door" [Romeo and Juliet];

• thick

• dumpy

• squab

• squat

• thickset

• thick as a rope

#203. Narrowness. Thinness.-- N. narrowness

• closeness

• exiguity 7c. (little) 193

• line

• hair's breadth

• finger's breadth

• strip

• streak

• vein

• monolayer

• epitaxial deposition[Engin]

• thinness

• tenuity

• emaciation

• marcor|

• shaving

• slip

• thread paper

• skeleton

• shadow

• anatomy

• lantern jaws

• mere skin and bone

• middle constriction

• stricture

• neck

• waist

• isthmus

• wasp

• hourglass;

• ridge

• pass

• ravine

• narrowing

• tapering

• contraction

• V. be narrow

• narrow

• taper

• contract

• render narrow

• waste away

• Adj. narrow

• close

• slender

• thin

• fine

• thread-like

• 20

• gossamer

• paper-thin

• taper

• slim

• slight-made

• scant

• scanty

• spare

• delicate

• contracted

• unexpanded

• slender as a thread

• [in reference to people or animals] emaciated

• lean

• meager

• gaunt

• lank

• lanky

• weedy

• skinny

• scrawny slinky[U.S.]

• starved

• starveling

• herring gutted

• worn to a shadow

• lean as a rake [Chaucer];

• thin as a lath

• thin as a whipping post

• thin as a wafer

• hatchet-faced;

• lantern-jawed

• attenuated

• shriveled

• extenuated

• marcid|

• barebone

• rawboned

• monomolecular

#204. Layer.-- N. layer

• stratum

• strata

• course

• bed

• zone

• substratum

• substrata

• floor

• flag

• stage

• story

• tier

• slab

• escarpment;

• table

• tablet

• flagstone

• board

• plank

• trencher

• platter

• plate

• lamina

• lamella

• sheet

• foil

• wafer

• scale

• flake

• peel;

• coat

• pellicle

• membrane

• film

• leaf

• slice

• cut

• rasher

• shaving

• integument

• stratification

• scaliness

• nest of boxes

• coats of an onion

• monolayer

• bilayer

• trilayer[Biochem]

• V. slice

• shave

• pare

• peel

• delaminate

• plate

• coat

• veneer

• cover

• Adj. lamellar

• layered;

• laminated

• schistose

• scaly

• filmy

• membranous

• pellicular

• flaky

• squamous[Anat]

• foliated

• stratified

• stratiform

• tabular

• discoid

#205. Filament.-- N. filament

• line

• fiber

• fibril

• vein

• hair

• cilium

• cilia

• pilus

• pili

• tendril

• gossamer

• hair stroke

• wire

• string

• thread

• packthread

• cotton

• sewing silk

• twine

• twist

• whipcord

• tape

• ribbon

• cord

• rope

• yarn

• hemp

• oakum

• jute

• strip

• shred

• slip

• spill

• list

• band

• fillet

• fascia

• ribbon

• riband

• roll

• lath

• splinter

• shiver

• shaving

• beard

• ramification

• strand

• Adj. filamentous

• fibrous

• thread-like

• wiry

• stringy

• ropy

• capillary

• funicular

• wire-drawn;

• hairy

• venous

#206. Height. -- N. height

• altitude

• elevation

• eminence

• pitch;

• loftiness

• sublimity

• tallness

• stature

• prominence

• colossus

• giant

• grenadier

• giraffe

• camelopard

• mount

• mountain

• hill alto

• butte [U.S.]

• fell

• cape

• headland

• promontory

• ridge

• hog's back

• dune

• rising ground

• vantage ground

• down

• moor

• moorland

• Alp

• uplands

• highlands

• heights

• knob

• knoll

• hummock

• hillock

• barrow

• mound

• mole;

• steeps

• bluff

• cliff

• peak

• pike

• escarpment

• edge

• ledge

• brae

• dizzy height

• tower

• pillar

• column

• obelisk

• monument

• steeple

• spire

• minaret

• campanile

• turret

• dome

• cupola

• skyscraper

• pole

• pikestaff

• maypole

• flagstaff

• top mast

• topgallant mast

• ceiling

• high water

• high tide

• flood tide

• spring tide

• altimetry

• satellite

• spy-in-the-sky

• V. be high

• tower

• soar

• command

• hover

• hover over

• fly

• over

• orbit

• be in orbit

• cap

• culminate

• overhang

• hang over

• impend

• beetle

• bestride

• ride

• mount

• perch

• surmount

• cover

• overtop

• (be superior)

• stand on tiptoe

• become high

• grow higher

• grow taller

• rise

• (ascend) 30

• send into orbit

• render high

• heighten

• Adj. high

• elevated

• eminent

• exalted

• lofty

• tall

• gigantic

• Patagonian

• towering

• beetling

• soaring

• hanging [gardens]

• elevated

• upper

• highest

• high reaching

• perching

• upland

• moorland

• hilly

• knobby [U.S.]

• mountainous

• alpine

• subalpine

• heaven kissing

• aerial

• overhanging

• incumbent

• overlying

• supernatant

• superimposed

• prominent

• tall as a maypole

• tall as a poplar

• tall as a steeple

• lanky

• (thin) 203

• Adv. on high

• high up

• aloft

• up

• above

• aloof

• overhead;

• upstairs

• in the clouds

• on tiptoe

• on

• stilts

• on the shoulders of

• over head and ears

• breast high

• over

• upwards

• from top to bottom

• Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto[It]

#207. Lowness. -- N. lowness

• debasement

• depression

• prostration

• depression

• molehill

• lowlands

• basement floor

• ground floor

• cellar

• hold

• bilge

• feet

• heels

• low water

• low tide

• ebb tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

• V. be low

• lie low

• lie flat

• underlie

• crouch

• slouch

• wallow

• grovel

• lower

• Adj. low

• neap

• debased

• nether

• nether most

• flat

• level with the

• ground

• lying low

• crouched

• subjacent

• squat

• prostrate

• (horizontal) 213

• Adv. under

• beneath

• underneath

• below

• downwards

• at the

• foot of

• under foot

• under ground

• down stairs

• below stairs

• at a low ebb;

• below par

#208. Depth. -- N. depth

• deepness

• profundity

• depression

• hollow

• pit

• shaft

• well

• crater

• gulf

• bowels of the earth

• hell

• soundings

• depth of water

• water

• draught

• submersion

• plummet

• sound

• probe

• sounding rod

• sounding line

• lead

• bathymetry

• [instrument to measure depth] sonar

• side-looking sonar;

• V. be deep

• render deep

• deepen

• plunge

• sound

• fathom

• plumb

• cast the lead

• heave the lead

• take soundings

• make soundings

• dig

• Adj. deep

• deep seated

• profound

• sunk

• buried

• submerged

• subaqueous

• submarine

• subterranean

• subterraneous

• underground

• bottomless

• soundless

• fathomless

• unfathomed

• unfathomable

• abysmal;

• deep as a well

• yawning

• knee deep

• ankle deep

• Adv. beyond one's depth

• out of one's depth

• over head and ears

• mark

• twine

• mark twain

#209. Shallowness. -- N. shallowness

• shoals

• mere scratch

• Adj. shallow

• slight

• superficial

• skin deep

• ankle deep

• knee deep;

• just enough to wet one's feet

• shoal

#210. Summit. -- N. summit

• summity|

• top

• peak

• vertex

• apex

• zenith

• pinnacle

• acme

• culmination

• meridian

• utmost height

• ne plus utra

• height

• pitch

• maximum

• climax

• culminating point

• crowning point

• turning point;

• turn of the tide

• fountain head

• water shed

• water parting

• sky

• pole

• tip

• tip top

• crest

• crow's nest

• cap

• truck

• nib

• end

• crown

• brow

• head

• pate

• high places

• heights

• topgallant mast

• sky scraper

• quarter deck

• hurricane deck

• architrave

• frieze

• cornice

• coping stone

• capital

• sconce

• pediment

• tympanum

• ceiling

• (covering) 223

• attic

• loft

• garret

• house top

• upper story

• [metaphorical use] summit conference

• summit

• peak of achievement

• peak of performance

• peaks and troughs

• peaks and valleys [in graphs]

• V. culminate

• crown

• top

• overtop

• Adj. highest

• top

• top most

• upper most

• tiptop;

• culminating

• meridian

• capital

• head

• polar

• supreme

• supernal

• topgallant

• Adv. atop

• at the top of the tree

• Phr. en flute

#211. Base. -- N. base

• basement

• plinth

• dado

• wainscot

• baseboard

• bedrock

• hardpan [U.S.]

• foundation

• substructure

• substratum

• ground

• earth

• pavement

• floor

• paving

• flag

• carped

• ground floor

• deck

• footing

• ground work

• basis

• hold

• bilge

• bottom

• nadir

• foot

• sole

• toe

• hoof

• keel

• root

• centerboard

• Adj. bottom

• undermost

• nethermost

• fundamental

• founded on

• based on

• grounded on

• built on

#212. Verticality. -- N. verticality

• erectness

• perpendicularity

• right angle

• normal

• azimuth circle

• wall

• precipice

• cliff

• elevation

• erection

• square

• plumb line

• plummet

• V. be vertical

• stand up

• stand on end

• stand erect

• stand

• upright

• stick up

• cock up

• render vertical

• set up

• stick up

• raise up

• cock up

• erect

• rear

• raise on its legs

• Adj. vertical

• upright

• erect

• perpendicular

• plumb

• normal

• straight

• bolt

• upright

• rampant

• standing up

• rectangular

• orthogonal

• 216a

• Adv. vertically

• up

• on end

• up on end

• right on end

• a

• endwise

• one one's legs

• at right angles

• flatness

• level

• plane

• stratum

• dead level

• dead flat

• level plane

• recumbency

• lying down

• discumbency|

• proneness

• prostration

• azimuth

• plain

• floor

• platform

• bowling green

• cricket ground

• croquet ground

• croquet lawn

• billiard table

• terrace

• esplanade

• parterre

• [flat land area] table land

• plateau

• ledge

• butte

• mesa (plain) 344

• [instrument to measure horizontality] level

• spirit level

• V. be horizontal

• lie

• recline

• couch

• lie down

• lie flat

• lie prostrate

• sprawl

• loll

• sit down

• render horizontal

• lay down

• lay out

• level

• flatten;

• prostrate

• knock down

• floor

• fell

• Adj. horizontal

• level

• even

• plane

• flat

• flat as a billiard

• table

• flat as a bowling green

• alluvial

• calm

• calm as a mill pond;

• smooth

• smooth as glass

• recumbent

• decumbent

• procumbent

• lying

• prone

• supine

• couchant

• prostrate

• Adv. horizontally

• on one's back

• on all fours

• on its beam

• ends

• dependency

• suspension

• hanging

• pedicel

• pedicle

• peduncle

• tail

• train

• flap

• skirt

• pigtail

• pony

• tail

• pendulum

• hangnail

• peg

• knob

• button

• hook

• nail

• stud

• ring

• staple

• tenterhook;

• fastening

• spar

• horse

• V. be pendent

• hang

• depend

• swing

• dangle

• swag;

• flap

• trail

• flow

• beetle

• suspend

• hang

• sling

• hook up

• hitch

• fasten to

• append

• Adj. pendent

• pendulous

• pensile

• hanging

• beetling

• jutting

• over

• overhanging

• projecting

• dependent

• suspended

• loose

• flowing

• having a peduncle

• tailed

• caudate

#215. Support. -- N. support

• ground

• foundation

• base

• basis

• terra

• firma

• bearing

• fulcrum

• bait [U.S.]

• [Grk][Grk]

• purchase footing

• hold

• locus standi[Lat];

• landing place

• landing stage

• stage

• platform

• block

• rest

• resting place;

• groundwork

• substratum

• riprap

• sustentation

• subvention

• floor

• (basement) 211

• supporter

• aid

• prop

• stand

• anvil

• fulciment|

• cue rest

• jigger

• monkey

• stay

• shore

• skid

• rib

• truss

• bandage

• sleeper

• stirrup

• stilts

• shoe

• sole

• heel

• splint

• lap

• bar

• rod

• boom

• outrigger

• staff

• stick

• crutch

• alpenstock

• baton

• post

• pillar

• shaft

• column

• pilaster

• pediment

• pedicle;

• pedestal

• plinth

• shank

• leg

• buttress

• jamb

• mullion

• abutment

• baluster

• banister

• stanchion

• balustrade

• headstone;

• upright

• door post

• jamb

• door jamb

• frame

• framework

• scaffold

• skeleton

• beam

• rafter

• girder

• lintel

• joist

• corner stone

• summer

• transom

• rung

• round

• step

• sill

• angle rafter

• hip rafter

• cantilever

• crown post

• king post

• vertebra

• backbone

• keystone

• axle

• axletree

• axis

• arch

• mainstay

• trunnion

• pivot

• peg

• tiebeam

• board

• ledge

• shelf

• hob

• bracket

• trivet

• arbor

• rack;

• mantel

• slab

• console

• counter

• dresser

• flange

• corbel

• table

• trestle

• shoulder

• perch

• horse

• easel

• desk

• clotheshorse

• hatrack

• retable

• seat

• throne

• dais

• divan

• chair

• bench

• form

• stool

• sofa

• settee

• stall

• arm chair

• easy chair

• elbow chair

• rocking chair;

• couch

• ottoman

• settle

• squab

• bench;

• horn

• long chair

• long sleeve chair

• morris

• chair

• saddle

• pillion

• side saddle

• pack saddle

• pommel

• bed

• berth

• pallet

• tester

• crib

• cot

• hammock

• shakedown

• cradle

• litter

• stretcher

• bedstead

• four poster

• French

• bed

• bunk

• kip

• bedding

• bichhona

• mattress

• pillow

• bolster

• mat

• rug

• cushion

• footstool

• hassock

• tripod

• monopod

• Atlas

• Persides

• Caryatides

• Hercules

• V. be supported

• lie on

• sit on

• recline on

• lean on

• loll on

• rest on

• stand on

• step on

• repose on

• abut on

• bear on

• be based on

• have at one's back

• bestride

• support

• bear

• carry

• hold

• sustain

• shoulder

• hold up

• back up

• bolster up

• shore up

• uphold

• prop

• under prop

• under pin

• under set

• riprap

• bandage

• give support

• furnish support

• afford support

• supply support

• lend

• support

• give foundations

• furnish foundations

• afford foundations

• supply

• foundations

• lend foundations

• bottom

• found

• base

• ground

• imbed

• embed

• maintain

• keep on foot

• aid

• Adj. supporting

• supported

• fundamental

• Adv. astride on

• straddle

#216. Parallelism. -- N. {ant. 216a} parallelism

• similarity

• Adj. parallel

• coextensive

• equidistant

• Adv. alongside

#216a. Perpendicularity -- N. {ant. 216} perpendicularity

• orthogonality

• verticality

• V. be perpendicular

• be orthogonal

• intersect at right angles

• be

• rectangular

• be at right angles to

• intersect at 90 degrees

• have no

• correlation

• Adj. orthogonal

• perpendicular

• rectangular

• uncorrelated

#217. Obliquity. -- N. obliquity

• inclination

• slope

• slant

• crookedness

• leaning

• bevel

• tilt

• bias

• list

• twist

• swag

• cant

• lurch

• distortion

• bend

• tower of Pisa

• acclivity

• rise

• ascent

• gradient

• rising ground

• hill

• bank

• declivity

• downhill

• dip

• fall

• devexity|

• gentle slope

• rapid slope

• easy ascent

• easy descent

• shelving beach

• talus

• facilis descensus averni[Lat]

• V. intersect

• lack parallelism

#218. Inversion. -- N. inversion

• eversion

• subversion

• reversion

• retroversion

• introversion

• contraposition

• contrariety

• reversal

• turn of the tide

• overturn

• somersault

• somerset

• revulsion

• pirouette

• transposition

• metastasis

• hysteron proteron[Grk][Grk]

• parenthesis

• metathesis;

• palindrome

• V. be inverted

• turn round

• turn about

• turn to the right about

• go round

• go about

• go to the right about

• wheel round

• wheel about

• wheel

• to the right about

• turn over

• go over

• tilt over

• topple over

• capsize

• turn turtle

• invert

• subvert

• introvert

• reverse

• up turn

• over

• turn

• up set

• over set

• turn topsy turvy

• transpose

• put the cart before the horse

• turn the tables

• Adj. inverted

• wrong side out

• wrong side up

• inside out

• upside down

• bottom upwards

• keel upwards

• supine

• on one's head

• topsy-

• turvy

• inverse

• reverse

• opposite

• top heavy

• Adv. inversely

• heels over head

• head over

• heels

#219. Crossing. -- N. crossing

• intersection

• interdigitation;

• convolution

• level crossing

• reticulation

• network

• anastomosis

• mortise

• net

• plexus

• web

• mesh

• twill

• skein

• sleeve

• felt

• lace

• wicker

• mat

• matting

• plait

• trellis

• wattle

• lattice

• grating

• grille

• gridiron

• tracery

• fretwork

• filigree

• reticle

• tissue

• netting

• cross

• chain

• wreath

• braid

• cat's cradle

• knot

• entangle

• (disorder) 59

• [woven fabrics] cloth

• linen

• muslin

• cambric

• [web-footed animal] webfoot

• V. cross

• intersect

• interlace

• intertwine

• interweave

• interdigitate

• interlink

• twine

• entwine

• weave

• twist

• wreathe

• anastomose[Med]

• dovetail

• splice

• link

• lace

• tat

• mat

• plait

• plat

• braid

• felt

• twill

• tangle

• entangle

• ravel

• net

• knot

• dishevel

• Adj. crossing

• crossed

• matted

• v. transverse

• cross

• cruciform

• crucial

• reticular

• reticulated;

• grated

• barred

• streaked

• textile;

• secant

• web-footed

• Adv. cross

• thwart

• athwart

• transversely

• at grade [U.S.]

• crosswise

• 3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS

• <-- That is

• dimensions having reference to a center -->

• General

• outside

• exterior;

• surface

• superficies

• skin

• disk

• disc

• face

• facet

• eccentricity

• circumjacence

• V. be exterior

• lie around

• place exteriorly

• place outwardly

• place outside

• put out

• turn out

• Adj. exterior

• external

• outer most

• outward

• outlying

• outside

• outdoor

• round about

• extramural

• extramundane

• superficial

• skin-deep

• frontal

• discoid

• eccentric

• outstanding;

• extrinsic

• ecdemic[Med]

• Adv. externally

• out

• with out

• over

• outwards

• ab extra

• out

• of doors

• extra muros[Lat]

• in the open air

• sub Jove

• sub dio[Lat]

• al

• fresco