| Mohole |
a hole that penetrates the earth's crust and the area beneath the Mohorovicic discontinuity, used for geological study. |
| Mohorovicic discontinuity |
the irregular jointure of the earth's crust with the layer of mantle rock beneath it, positioned nearly twenty-two miles beneath the continental land masses and from three to six miles beneath the ocean floor. |
| 'neath |
contracted form of "beneath". |
| Ouija |
trademark for a board having the alphabet and the numbers 1 through 10 printed on it, and a smaller board on casters which supposedly moves beneath one's fingers by power of spirits to spell out messages. |
| parietal lobe |
that part of each hemisphere of the brain that is beneath a parietal bone. |
| parotid |
of or relating to either of a pair of the larger salivary glands found beneath and to the front of the ear. [1/2 definitions] |
| petroleum |
a thick, flammable mineral oil obtained by drilling beneath the earth's surface and processed into various fuels and lubricants, naphtha, paraffin, and other products. |
| phellogen |
in woody plants, a tissue layer that lies just beneath the outer bark and generates the outer bark cells; cork cambium. |
| pier table |
a low table set against a wall between two windows, often beneath a tall mirror. |
| pit saw |
a large saw used to cut wood lengthwise that is handled by two persons, one positioned on the log and the second in a pit or trench beneath it. |
| platform bed |
a flat mattress support mounted on legs, often having the space beneath enclosed and fitted with storage drawers. |
| play footsie with |
(informal) to engage in flirtation or surreptitious sexual intimacies with, as by touching someone's foot beneath a table. [1/2 definitions] |
| rocker panel |
any of the panels on the body and beneath the doors of an automotive vehicle. |
| safety net |
a large net suspended beneath circus aerialists in case of a fall. [1/2 definitions] |
| seamount |
a high mountain far beneath the surface of the sea. |
| skull and crossbones |
a representation of a human skull with two long bones crossed beneath it, formerly used on pirates' flags and now used as a warning sign, as on poisons. |
| subclavian |
located beneath the clavicle. [2/4 definitions] |
| subduction |
the process by which a lithospheric plate moves sideways and downward into the mantle beneath a neighboring plate. |
| suborbital |
beneath the eye socket. (Cf. supraorbital.) [1/2 definitions] |
| subsoil |
the layer of earth or weathered material lying just beneath the surface soil. |
| subway |
(chiefly British) a passage or tunnel beneath a road, railway, or the like, that allows for pedestrian traffic; underpass. [1/3 definitions] |