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| decagon |
in geometry, a ten-sided plane figure. |
| dreidel |
a small four-sided top with Hebrew letters marked on the sides. [1/2 definitions] |
| épée |
a fencing sword having a three-sided blade and a blunt circular tip guard. |
| hexagonal |
of, pertaining to, or being a six-sided figure. |
| home plate |
in baseball, a five-sided flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands, and which the base runner must touch in order to score a run. |
| honeycomb |
a structure of beeswax having many small, six-sided, thin-walled cells in which bees store their honey. [1/4 definitions] |
| hydra |
a many-sided problem that persists or grows worse even after part of it is solved. [1/4 definitions] |
| jerry can |
a flat-sided, narrow five-gallon container for liquids, esp. gasoline. |
| lugsail |
a four-sided sail lacking a boom, the upper edge of which is supported by a yard that crosses the mast obliquely. |
| Möbius strip |
a one-sided surface formed by twisting a rectangular strip one hundred and eighty degrees and connecting its two ends together. |
| multilateral |
many-sided. [1/2 definitions] |
| multisided |
combined form of sided. |
| occipital bone |
a curved, compound, four-sided bone that forms the back and part of the base of the skull. |
| pail |
a steep-sided container with a handle; bucket. [1/2 definitions] |
| parallelogram |
a four-sided plane figure that has opposite sides parallel and equal to each other. |
| pavilion |
a light, often open-sided building used for shelter or recreation, as in a park. [1/4 definitions] |
| ravine |
a deep, steep-sided cut in the land, esp. one carved by the flow of water. |
| rhombohedron |
a six-sided solid figure with a rhombus on each face. |
| square sail |
a four-sided sail rigged on a yard that is horizontal to the mast and athwart the keel of a sailing vessel. |
| Star of David |
a six-sided star composed of two interlaced equilateral triangles, long symbolic of Judaism and now the official symbol of the state of Israel. |
| sweeping |
of contest results, overwhelming; one-sided. [1/5 definitions] |
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