(of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on"
An agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale" a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed" the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
(Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury
The flared opening of a tubular device a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) the shape of a bell (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck attach a bell to; "bell cows"
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture; "the Swiss army" the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998) French philosopher (1909-1943)