high-up
- n an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
high-vitamin diet
- n a diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies
high-warp loom
- n a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically; for weaving tapestry
high-yield bond
- n a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
high anglican church
- n a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)
high anglicanism
- n a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition
high bar
- n gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends
high beam
- n the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination
high blood pressure
- n a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
high church
- n a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)