Raymond's Picture Dictionary

Friday, October 20, 2006

FIGHTER



SUMO
---A form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.




BOXING
---The act, technique, or profession of fighting with the fists, with or without boxing gloves.




KARATE
---A Japanese art of self-defense in which sharp blows and kicks are administered to pressure-sensitive points on the body of an opponent.





WRESTLING
---A sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches.




ULTIMATE FIGHTING
---A one-on-one competition combining boxing, jujitsu, wrestling, and other martial arts and staged for spectators

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

DISASTER




TORNADO
A localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.




TYPHOON
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.




LANDSLIDES
An overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" , a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.




EARTHQUAKE
A series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.





TSUNAMI
An unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Wild Cats


LYNX
---Any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx, especially L. canadensis of northern North America or L. lynx of Eurasia, having soft thick fur, a black-tipped short tail, and tufted ears.





COUGAR
--- A large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.




LEOPARD
---A large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
---The fur or pelt of this animal.
---Any of various related cats resembling this animal.



LION
---A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo) of Africa and northwest India, having a short tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the male, a heavy mane around the neck and shoulders.
---Any of several large wildcats related to or resembling the lion.



TIGER
---A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
---Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.
---A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

LABOR



ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
The branch of engineering that deals with the practical application of the theory of electricity to the construction of machinery, power supplies, etc.



PAINTER
A rope, usually at the bow, for fastening a boat to a ship, stake, etc. One who paints, either as an artist or worker.


CARPENTER
A person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.



PLUMBER
A person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings.




WELDER
To unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, esp. after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.

Monday, October 02, 2006

SPORTS


GOLF
A game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.


BOWLING
Any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, esp. a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at wooden pins set up at the opposite end.


FOOTBALL
A game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts.

ICE HOCKEY
A game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents' cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft.


BASEBALL
A game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.