a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures
an ornamental pattern woven or embroidered on the side of a stocking or sock near the ankle
time taken as a factor in an activity, especially in competitive sports
register one’s arrival at work by means of an automatic recording clock
register one’s departure from work by means of an automatic recording clock
a clock with a device that can be made to sound at the time set in advance, used to wake someone up
a lawn game in which the players putt to a hole in the centre of a circle from successive points on its circumference
a combined bedside radio and alarm clock, which can be set so that the radio will come on at the desired time
the operating speed of a computer or its microprocessor, expressed in cycles per second (megahertz)
a tower, typically forming part of a church or civic building, with a large clock at the top
(of an employee) be overly keen not to work more than one’s allotted hours
a clock with a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure
an extremely accurate type of clock which is regulated by the vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as caesium or ammonia
an atomic clock that uses the vibrations of caesium atoms as a time standard
a clock that strikes the hour with a sound like a cuckoo’s call and typically has a mechanical cuckoo that emerges with each note
an electric clock in which the current is regulated and accuracy maintained by the regular vibrations of a quartz crystal
a tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon
the average rate at which a species' genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations
a clock measuring sidereal time in terms of 24 equal divisions of a sidereal day
a telephone service giving the correct time in recorded speech
an innate mechanism that controls the physiological activities of an organism which change on a daily, seasonal, yearly, or other regular cycle
a clock in a tall free-standing wooden case, driven by weights
a clock similar to a grandfather clock but about two thirds the size
return to the past or to a previous way of doing things
a dark appearance on a man’s chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning
a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two groups of twelve hours
a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two groups of twelve hours