a detailed critical inspection | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise |
a room used for reading and writing and studying | a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
preliminary drawing for later elaboration | a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids |
attentive consideration and meditation | a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
a branch of knowledge | the sound of a drum |
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends |
a state of deep mental absorption | |
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | |
a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique | |
someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) | |