| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| define limits |
circumscribe
|
| define limit or boundary |
circumscribe
,
delimit
,
demarcate
|
| any process serving to define the shape of something |
defining
,
shaping
|
| difficult to define or describe |
elusive
|
| (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fair ball
|
| (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
foul ball
|
| collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures |
GAAP
,
generally accepted accounting practices
|
| being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning |
normalcy
,
normality
|
| small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. |
peg
,
pin
|
| fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience |
pleasance
,
pleasure
|
| (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases |
pretrial
,
pretrial conference
|
| directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted |
rule
|
| (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
type
|
