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dead reckoning: navigation without the aid of celestial observations

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sonar collapse: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"

chronometer collapse: an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)

celestial navigation collapse: navigating according to the positions of the stars

sextant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant; a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

frontage collapse: the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc); the direction in which something (such as a building) faces

shoran collapse

loran collapse

standstill collapse

cadaver collapse: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

orientation collapse: the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

corpse collapse

bite the dust collapse

ashes collapse

dead tired collapse

tuckered out collapse

dog tired collapse

bushed collapse

whacked collapse: (British informal) exhausted or worn out

late lamented collapse

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

attitude collapse: a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"; position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

full stop collapse

dead stop collapse

all in collapse

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

mummy collapse: a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

deceased collapse

elapsed collapse: (of time) having passed or slipped by; "elapsed time"

hush money collapse: a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret

invoice collapse: send an bill to; "She invoiced the company for her expenses"

as the crow flies collapse: by the shortest and most direct route; "it's 10 miles as the crow flies"

retainer collapse: a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment; a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

expired collapse: having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time; "an expired passport"; "caught driving with an expired license"

played out collapse: worn out; "a played out deck of cards"

body count collapse: a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; "the daily body count increased as the war went on"

reckoning collapse: a bill for an amount due

unventilated collapse: not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"

mummification collapse: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

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