| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
abscondment
,
decampment
|
| application that is currently running and in the foreground |
active application
|
| tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization |
administrivia
|
| game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
American football
,
American football game
|
| mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast |
Andes
|
| fast-running, long-horned, hoofed animal |
antelope
|
| apparatus, self-running |
automaton
|
| agent running estate for someone |
bailiff
,
steward
|
| long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore |
barrier island
|
| lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases |
baseline
|
| sew loosely with large running stitches |
baste
,
tack
|
| computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
bbs
,
bulletin board
,
bulletin board system
,
electronic bulletin board
|
| strip of land running along a beach |
beachfront
|
| act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
broad jump
,
long jump
|
| competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
broad jump
,
long jump
|
| politician who is running for public office |
campaigner
,
candidate
,
nominee
|
| river or other running water, gorge or chasm cut by |
canyon
,
gulch
,
ravine
|
| printed running head |
catchword
,
guide word
|
| primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America |
ceratosaur
,
ceratosaurus
|
| low running approach shot |
chip
,
chip shot
|
