the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) |
a stroke or blow | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale |
a regular rate of repetition | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done |
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business |
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | the parliamentary right to address an assembly |
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | a lower limit |
the sound of stroke or blow | the occupants of a floor |
a regular route for a sentry or policeman | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water |
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | the ground on which people and animals move about |
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations | the lower inside surface of any hollow structure |