Phrase Hound found 51 phrases and 55 compound words that contain screens. The most common are listed below. Open screens in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 51
- screens of deathplural of screen of death: A screen or a message indicating an unrecoverable error or failure.
- fire screensplural of fire screen: a mesh grill placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.
- green screensplural of green screen: The alternate version of bluescreen, having the background green instead of blue.
- loading screensplural of loading screen: A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape or video games).
- moving screensplural of moving screen: An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender and makes contact. Technically it is a block; in other words, there is no such terminology in most rulebooks using …
- plasma screensplural of plasma screen: A plasma display
- screens passageThe passage at one end of the great hall of an English medieval house or castle, and separated from it in a timber house by the spere.
- smoke screensplural of smoke screen: Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
- title screensplural of title screen: A screen shown at the start of a game.
- touch screensplural of touch screen: An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
- folding screensplural of folding screen: A piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges.
- splash screensplural of splash screen: An initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.
- blue-white screensplural of blue-white screen: A screening technique for the rapid detection of recombinant bacteria in vector-based molecular cloning experiments. DNA of interest is ligated into a vector, which is then inserted into a host cell; these are …
- big screensplural of big screen: The large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.
- blue screensplural of blue screen: The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
- bug screensplural of bug screen: A window screen.
- Chinese screensplural of Chinese screen: A piece of furniture consisting of two or more frames connected by hinges.
- clothes screensplural of clothes screen: A rack for drying clothes.
- end screensplural of end screen: The links and icons placed by the video creator that appear right before the end of a video on YouTube.
- flat-screensplural of flat-screen: Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky, CRT-based models.
- fly screensplural of fly screen: A window screen.
- hand screensplural of hand screen: A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
- home screensplural of home screen: The domestic television, as opposed to the cinema.
- kill screensplural of kill screen: A level in a computer game that is impossible to win, usually due to programming errors.
- lock screensplural of lock screen: A screen displayed by a computer or mobile device left unattended, requiring the user to perform a certain action to regain access.
Compound words 55
- screensaverA computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.
- screenshotsplural of screenshot: An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
- screensaversplural of screensaver: A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.
- sunscreensplural of sunscreen: A topical substance formulated to protect the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering ultraviolet rays.
- windscreensplural of windscreen: A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather.
- touchscreensplural of touchscreen: An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
- aeroscreensplural of aeroscreen: A kind of transparent screen fixed in front of the cockpit, to protect the driver from flying debris.
- backscreensplural of backscreen
- bluescreensplural of bluescreen: To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.
- choirscreensplural of choirscreen: A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons could be read.