a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic |
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated |
physical energy or intensity | a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting |
a powerful effect or influence | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
(of a law) having legal validity | one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions |
group of people willing to obey orders | one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface |
a unit that is part of some military service | one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere |
a group of people having the power of effective action | a linear measure of 16.5 feet |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | a square rod of land |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | |