account |
to give a count or record of money spent or received. [1/6 definitions] |
altogether |
if you count or include everything. |
bank on |
(informal) to count on. |
blood count |
the medical process for determining this count. [1/2 definitions] |
blood test |
any test of the blood, as to determine type, red or white blood count, or the presence of antibodies or bacteria. |
cadence |
the beat or count of such a pattern, as in marching. [1/3 definitions] |
calculate |
to depend or count (usu. fol. by "upon" or "on"). [1/6 definitions] |
census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
coliform bacillus |
any of several bacilli normally found in human and animal colons, the count of which in water is used to determine the presence or extent of fecal pollution. |
comte |
(French) a nobleman; count. |
contract bridge |
a form of bridge in which only the number of tricks named in the contract may count toward a game, the excess tricks counting as a bonus score. (Cf. auction bridge.) |
count backwards |
to say or write the numbers in reverse order starting with a given number; count back. |
count by twos |
to name every other number when counting; skip count. |
counter2 |
a manual or automatic device for keeping count of something. [1/2 definitions] |
countess |
a woman married to a count or earl. [2 definitions] |
count heads |
to count the number of people in a place. |
earl |
a British nobleman who is ranked above a viscount and below a marquess. An earl is the British equivalent of a count. |
innumerable |
so many as to be impossible to count; countless. [1/2 definitions] |
knockout |
in boxing, the act of defeating an opponent by knocking him down for a count of ten; KO. (Cf. technical knockout.) [1/3 definitions] |
knock out |
in boxing, to strike (an opponent) and cause that person to fall and be unable to rise within a count of ten. [1/5 definitions] |
KO |
abbreviation of "knockout," in boxing, the act of defeating an opponent by knocking him down for a count of ten. (See technical knockout.) |