forceps
- n an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
foot
- n the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
armored from head to foot - n a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
- n the lower part of anything
curled up on the foot of the bed
the foot of the page
the foot of the list
the foot of the mountain - n the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- n lowest support of a structure
he stood at the foot of the tower - n any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- n travel by walking
he followed on foot
the swiftest of foot - n a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- n an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot - n (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- n a support resembling a pedal extremity
one foot of the chair was on the carpet - v pay for something
foot the bill - v walk
- v add a column of numbers
foot-and-mouth disease
- n acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
foot-lambert
- n a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot