| Cartesian coordinates |
a pair of coordinates for locating a point on a plane by its distances from two intersecting, usu. perpendicular lines. [1/2 definitions] |
| castanet |
one of a pair of slightly concave wooden or ivory instruments, held in the hand and clicked together to provide rhythmic accompaniment, esp. to certain Spanish dances. |
| centipede |
any of various nocturnal arthropods, with a narrow, wormlike body consisting of many segments, each segment having a pair of legs and the front segment having poison fangs or claws. |
| chelicera |
either of the first pair of appendages of spiders, ticks, and the like, esp. used for grasping. |
| chino |
(usu. pl.) a pair of trousers made of such fabric. [1/2 definitions] |
| chopstick |
one of a pair of thin wooden, ivory, or plastic sticks used as eating utensils, esp. in East Asian countries. |
| claw hammer |
a hammer with the back side of the head curved and split in two to resemble a pair of claws, used to pry out nails. |
| companion |
a match or mate in a pair. [1/3 definitions] |
| conjugate |
in grammar, any one of a group or pair of conjugate words. [1/5 definitions] |
| couple |
to pair (one thing with another) or fasten together as a pair; connect. [2/6 definitions] |
| covalent bond |
the chemical bond between two atoms, each of which supplies one half of each pair of shared electrons; covalence. |
| crossruff |
a sequence of plays in a card game such as bridge in which each of a pair of partners leads a suit that the other partner trumps. [1/2 definitions] |
| crosstree |
either of a pair of horizontal bars attached to a ship's masthead in order to spread the shrouds. |
| cube1 |
(slang) one of a pair of dice. [1/5 definitions] |
| cuff link |
either of a pair of linked buttons or other small device inserted into the buttonholes of a cuff to keep it closed. |
| deadeye |
one of a pair of hardwood disks with holes and concave rims through and around which certain rigging ropes are passed, used esp. to tighten the stays and shrouds of sailing vessels. [1/2 definitions] |
| dibranchiate |
any of various tentacled mollusks, such as octopus and squid, that have one pair of gills. |
| digraph |
a pair of letters representing a single sound, such as "sh" in "shine". |
| dipole |
a pair of electric charges or magnetic poles that are of equal magnitude but opposite polarity. [1/3 definitions] |
| double-reed |
of, pertaining to, or designating any woodwind instrument that sounds by means of a pair of reeds that vibrate against each other. [1/2 definitions] |
| doublet |
two similar things; pair or couple. [2/4 definitions] |