riding scope
Nautical
noun
The length of cable at which a ship rides when at anchor.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Henry Dana.
- mixology
- Mixolydian mode
- mixonephridium
- mixonephrium
- mix one's drinks
- mixoploid
- mixoploidy
- mixotroph
- mixotrophic
- mixotrophy
- mix something up
- mixtape
- mixte
- Mixtec
- Mixteca
- mixtil
- mixtilinear
- mixtion
- mixtry
- the Elder
- the elephant in the room
- the eleventh hour
- the Elysian Fields
- the emperor has no clothes
- the emperor's new clothes