| absenteeism |
habitual or repeated absence from a place where regular attendance is required, such as work or school. |
| AC1 |
abbreviation of "alternating current," electrical current that reverses direction at regular intervals. (Cf. "DC.") |
| air taxi |
a small aircraft that carries passengers or cargo over short distances, esp. to places not served by regular airlines. |
| allowance |
money that someone receives at regular times or for a particular purpose. |
| alternating current |
electrical current that reverses direction at regular intervals. (Cf. direct current.) |
| annuity |
a regular annual income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. [1/2 definitions] |
| aperiodic |
occurring without regular intervals or cycles; not periodic. |
| barbed wire |
a wire or strands of wire with barbs at regular intervals, used as a military barrier or fencing for livestock; barbwire. |
| battlement |
(often pl.) a parapet or defensive wall lining the top of a fortification, with indentations at regular intervals. |
| beat |
to hit again and again. [1/4 definitions] |
| blog |
shortened form of "Web log," an online journal that may be personal or topical, in which the author makes regular entries that appear in reverse chronological order and can be read by the general public. [1/2 definitions] |
| bonus |
a payment added to a person's regular pay as a reward for hard work. |
| bulletin |
a magazine or small newspaper published at regular times. [1/2 definitions] |
| bus1 |
a long motor vehicle with many rows of seats used to carry large numbers of people. Buses usually travel along a regular route. [1/3 definitions] |
| calendar |
any of several systems of dividing time into regular segments and assigning the beginnings of years. [1/4 definitions] |
| chaparejos |
seatless leather trousers worn by cowboys over their regular pants, for extra protection; chaps. |
| chore |
a regular job around the house or at work. [1/2 definitions] |
| churchgoer |
one who attends church, esp. on a regular basis. |
| circuit |
the area or region covered in a regular tour to carry out certain duties, as by a judge to hold court sessions. [1/8 definitions] |
| cirrocumulus |
a high-altitude cloud formed of many small, thin, rounded cloudlets, often arranged in rows or regular series. |
| clean-cut |
having a neat, regular, well-defined shape or outline. [1/2 definitions] |