Term: united states customary system: the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: clinidae: viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: eye disease: any disease of the eye
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: grain: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: tumbler: a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: bicameral script: a script having two distinct cases
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: subset: a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: tall order: a formidable task or requirement
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: intercept: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: stomacher: garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: honey eater: Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar