Entertainment / Bowling / Short Rack: A pinsetter malfunction whereby it sets up fewer than the full ten pins.
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Rack Adjective Synonyms: distress, torment, torture, agonize, oppress, pain, persecute, anguish, beleaguer, plague, harass, harrow, hurt
Rack Noun Synonyms: framework, frame, trestle, holder, support, stand, scaffold, scaffolding, structure, hat-rack, hatstand, coat-rack, stretcher, tenter, hat-tree
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Short Verb Synonyms: laconic, terse, succinct, pithy, sententious, epigrammatic
Short Noun Synonyms: small, little, slight, petite, diminutive, wee, tiny, elfin, minuscule, midget, dwarfish, squat, dumpy, runty, stubby, stunted, pint-sized, knee-high to a grasshopper, sawn-off
Short Adjective Synonyms: direct, straight, straightforward, short and sweet
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Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Short-Handed Goal: A goal scored by a player whose team is short-handed. See also power play goal. MORE
Business / Finance / Short-Run Operating Activities: The risk of falling short of any investment target. MORE
Business / Finance / Short-Sale Rule: Events and decisions concerning the short-term finance of a firm, such as how much inventory to order and whether to offer cash terms or credit terms to customers. MORE
Science / Biology / Short-Day Plants: Plants that fiower during early spring or fall when nights are relatively long and days are short; e.g., poinsettia and dandelions. MORE
Technology / Motors / Short-Circuit: A defect in a winding which causes part of the normal electrical circuit to be bypassed. This frequently results in reducing the resistance or impedance to such an extent as to cause overheating of th MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Short Vowel: As Algeo defines it, 'A vowel of lesser duration than a corresponding long vowel' (329). MORE