circles (noun)
11noughts and crosses — noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does • Syn: ↑ticktacktoe,… …
12boxing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight, welterweight, etc. ▪ amateur, professional, unlicensed ▪ Unli …
13polyconic projection — noun a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe • Hypernyms: ↑conic projection, ↑conical projection * * * noun : a map projection based on the development of a series of concentric cones… …
14ticktacktoo — noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does • Syn: ↑ticktacktoe, ↑tick tack …
15tit-tat-toe — noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does • Syn: ↑ticktacktoe,… …
16Venn's diagram — noun a diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set); elements that are common to more than one set are represented by intersections of the circles • Syn: ↑Venn diagram •… …
17waltzing mouse — noun : a mouse of a genetic variant or a breed believed to have originated in Japan and characterized by an inability to progress in a straight line and a tendency to whirl about in small circles * * * waltzing mouse noun A mouse of a breed that… …
18planisphere — noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English planisperie, from Medieval Latin planisphaerium, from Latin planum plane + sphaera sphere Date: 1571 a representation of the circles of the sphere on a plane; especially a polar projection of the… …
19Venn diagram — noun a diagram representing mathematical or logical sets as circles, common elements of the sets being represented by intersections of the circles. Origin early 20th cent.: named after the English logician John Venn …
20big shot — noun an important influential person (Freq. 1) he thinks he s a big shot she s a big deal in local politics the Qaeda commander is a very big fish • Syn: ↑big gun, ↑big wheel, ↑big cheese, ↑ …
