| boxing gloves |
a heavily padded set of leather gloves of standard weight and design used in boxing. |
| breadth |
a piece of something having a standard or full width. [1/3 definitions] |
| broad gauge |
a railroad track with a distance between the rails that is greater than the standard width of 56.5 inches or 143.5 centimeters. (Cf. narrow gauge, standard gauge.) |
| canon1 |
a generally or universally accepted standard, principle, or criterion, or a set of these. [1/5 definitions] |
| canonical |
accepted as standard or authoritative. [1/3 definitions] |
| Castilian |
the dialect of Castile, now the standard form of Spanish in Spain. [1/4 definitions] |
| Central Standard Time |
the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| certify |
to attest to being of a guaranteed standard of quality. [1/5 definitions] |
| Chinese |
the standard language of that country, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin. [1/4 definitions] |
| classic |
representative or typical of a class or category; serving as a standard. [3/10 definitions] |
| commensurable |
measurable by the same standard. |
| commensurate |
having a common standard or measure; commensurable. [1/3 definitions] |
| common carrier |
a person or company that transports cargo or passengers at standard fees. |
| conform |
to be or act in accordance or compliance with an established standard or norm. [1/4 definitions] |
| conformity |
accordance or compliance with a standard or norm. [1/2 definitions] |
| containerize |
to ship (cargo) in large, standard-sized containers. |
| correct |
to adjust to a standard. [2/5 definitions] |
| criterion |
a standard or test by which to judge or decide. |
| CST |
abbreviation of "Central Standard Time," the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| daylight-saving time |
standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |
| dB |
abbreviation of "decibel," or "decibels," a unit indicating the level of loudness of sound, relative to a standard level, or indicating relative differences in power levels of electrical signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels. |