Synonym(s): Ulster Defense Association ( what does Ulster Defense Association stand for? )
Usage Example(s): a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion
Pertaining to: chorion
giardia is a kind of: flagellate ( what does flagellate stand for? ), flagellate protozoan ( what does flagellate protozoan stand for? ), flagellated protozoan ( what does flagellated protozoan stand for? ), mastigophoran ( what does mastigophoran stand for? ), mastigophore ( what does mastigophore stand for? )
Synonym(s): Saint Elmo’s fire ( what does Saint Elmo’s fire stand for? ), Saint Elmo’s light ( what does Saint Elmo’s light stand for? ), Saint Ulmo’s light ( what does Saint Ulmo’s light stand for? ), St. Elmo’s fire ( what does St. Elmo’s fire stand for? ), corona ( what does corona stand for? ), corona discharge ( what does corona discharge stand for? ), corposant ( what does corposant stand for? ), electric glow ( what does electric glow stand for? )
Synonym(s): Wabash River ( what does Wabash River stand for? )
Usage Example(s): he suffered an epileptic seizure
Synonym(s): raptus ( what does raptus stand for? ), seizure ( what does seizure stand for? )
Synonym(s): Lenin ( what does Lenin stand for? ), Nikolai Lenin ( what does Nikolai Lenin stand for? ), Vladimir Ilich Lenin ( what does Vladimir Ilich Lenin stand for? ), Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov ( what does Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov stand for? ), Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( what does Vladimir Ilyich Lenin stand for? ), Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( what does Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov stand for? )
Usage Example(s): He developed a new kind of apple, The perfect climate here develops the grain
Synonym(s): develop ( what does develop stand for? )
Cause(s): develop, grow ( what does grow stand for? )
Usage Example(s): should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars- Psychiatry
Opposite(s): understood ( what does understood stand for? )
Similar(s): misunderstood ( what does misunderstood stand for? ), uncomprehended ( what does uncomprehended stand for? ), undigested ( what does undigested stand for? ), ungrasped ( what does ungrasped stand for? )
- n. a large truck designed to carry heavy loads (view details)
- n. a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads, usually without sides
Synonym(s): camion ( what does camion stand for? )
lorry is a kind of: motortruck ( what does motortruck stand for? ), truck ( what does truck stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
lorry is a kind of: waggon ( what does waggon stand for? ), wagon ( what does wagon stand for? )
- adv. in an articulate manner (view details)
- adv. with eloquence (view details)
Meaning 1: (adverb) in an articulate manner
Usage Example(s): he argued articulately for his plan
Synonym(s): eloquently ( what does eloquently stand for? )
Opposite(s): inarticulately ( what does inarticulately stand for? )
Pertaining to: articulate ( what does articulate stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adverb) with eloquence
Usage Example(s): he expressed his ideas eloquently
Synonym(s): eloquently
Opposite(s): inarticulately, ineloquently ( what does ineloquently stand for? )
Pertaining to: articulate, eloquent ( what does eloquent stand for? ), facile ( what does facile stand for? ), fluent ( what does fluent stand for? ), silver ( what does silver stand for? ), silver-tongued ( what does silver-tongued stand for? ), smooth-spoken ( what does smooth-spoken stand for? )
Synonym(s): family Otididae ( what does family Otididae stand for? )
Otididae is a kind of: bird family ( what does bird family stand for? )
Synonym(s): 105th ( what does 105th stand for? )
Similar(s): ordinal ( what does ordinal stand for? )
Synonym(s): 65 ( what does 65 stand for? ), sixty-five ( what does sixty-five stand for? )
Similar(s): cardinal ( what does cardinal stand for? )
ecotourism is a kind of: tourism ( what does tourism stand for? ), touristry ( what does touristry stand for? )
- v. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (view details)
- v. become rigid (view details)
Meaning 1: (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Usage Example(s): ossified teaching methods, rigidify the training schedule, slogans petrify our thinking
Synonym(s): ossify ( what does ossify stand for? ), petrify ( what does petrify stand for? )
rigidify is derived from: conformity ( what does conformity stand for? ), inflexibility ( what does inflexibility stand for? ), ossification ( what does ossification stand for? ), rigidity ( what does rigidity stand for? ), rigidness ( what does rigidness stand for? )
Meaning 2: (verb) become rigid
Usage Example(s): The body rigidified
rigidify is derived from: rigidification, rigidifying ( what does rigidifying stand for? ), rigidity, rigidness, stiffening ( what does stiffening stand for? )
Synonym(s): hook ( what does hook stand for? )
hook shot is a kind of: basketball shot ( what does basketball shot stand for? )
Usage Example(s): hypoglycemic agents
Synonym(s): hypoglycemic ( what does hypoglycemic stand for? )
Pertaining to: hypoglycaemia, hypoglycemia ( what does hypoglycemia stand for? )
Synonym(s): early spider orchid ( what does early spider orchid stand for? )
franking machine is a kind of: machine ( what does machine stand for? )
Synonym(s): ball of fire ( what does ball of fire stand for? ), go-getter ( what does go-getter stand for? ), whizz-kid ( what does whizz-kid stand for? )
Synonym(s): exodontia ( what does exodontia stand for? )
exodontics is a kind of: dental surgery ( what does dental surgery stand for? )
Synonym(s): Cupressus pigmaea ( what does Cupressus pigmaea stand for? ), pygmy cypress ( what does pygmy cypress stand for? )
Synonym(s): CER ( what does CER stand for? ), conditioned emotion
conditioned emotional response is a kind of: emotion ( what does emotion stand for? )
Synonym(s): New Zealand spinach ( what does New Zealand spinach stand for? ), Tetragonia tetragonioides ( what does Tetragonia tetragonioides stand for? )
Synonym(s): causerie ( what does causerie stand for? ), chin-wagging ( what does chin-wagging stand for? ), chitchat ( what does chitchat stand for? ), gab ( what does gab stand for? ), gabfest ( what does gabfest stand for? ), gossip ( what does gossip stand for? ), small talk ( what does small talk stand for? ), tittle-tattle ( what does tittle-tattle stand for? )
chin-wag is derived from: blab ( what does blab stand for? ), blabber ( what does blabber stand for? ), chaffer ( what does chaffer stand for? ), chat ( what does chat stand for? ), chatter ( what does chatter stand for? ), chew the fat ( what does chew the fat stand for? ), chitchat, clack ( what does clack stand for? ), claver ( what does claver stand for? ), confab ( what does confab stand for? ), confabulate ( what does confabulate stand for? ), gabble ( what does gabble stand for? ), gibber ( what does gibber stand for? ), gossip, jaw ( what does jaw stand for? ), maunder ( what does maunder stand for? ), natter ( what does natter stand for? ), palaver ( what does palaver stand for? ), piffle ( what does piffle stand for? ), prate ( what does prate stand for? ), prattle ( what does prattle stand for? ), shoot the breeze ( what does shoot the breeze stand for? ), tattle ( what does tattle stand for? ), tittle-tattle, twaddle ( what does twaddle stand for? ), visit ( what does visit stand for? )
Usage Example(s): boric acid
Synonym(s): boric ( what does boric stand for? )
Pertaining to: B ( what does B stand for? ), atomic number 5 ( what does atomic number 5 stand for? ), boron ( what does boron stand for? )
Synonym(s): Van Wyck Brooks ( what does Van Wyck Brooks stand for? )
Pertaining to: isotope
- adj. not drawn upon or used (view details)
- adj. not subjected to tapping (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) not drawn upon or used
Usage Example(s): the untapped stockrooms of our minds- G.R.Harrison, untapped reserves of coal
Similar(s): undeveloped ( what does undeveloped stand for? ), unexploited ( what does unexploited stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) not subjected to tapping
Usage Example(s): an untapped keg, an untapped sugar maple
Opposite(s): tapped ( what does tapped stand for? )
Opposite(s): bad egg ( what does bad egg stand for? )
Synonym(s): genus Ambystoma ( what does genus Ambystoma stand for? )
Ambystoma is a kind of: amphibian genus ( what does amphibian genus stand for? )
Usage Example(s): firm up one’’s plans
Synonym(s): megalith ( what does megalith stand for? )
megalithic structure is a kind of: memorial ( what does memorial stand for? ), monument ( what does monument stand for? )
Synonym(s): Siouan ( what does Siouan stand for? )
Synonym(s): pay envelope ( what does pay envelope stand for? )
- n. choice and use of colors (as by an artist) (view details)
- n. appearance with regard to color (view details)
- n. the timbre of a musical sound (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
Synonym(s): coloration ( what does coloration stand for? )
colouration is a kind of: choice ( what does choice stand for? ), option ( what does option stand for? ), pick ( what does pick stand for? ), selection ( what does selection stand for? )
colouration is derived from: color ( what does color stand for? ), color in ( what does color in stand for? ), colorise ( what does colorise stand for? ), colorize ( what does colorize stand for? ), colour ( what does colour stand for? ), colour in ( what does colour in stand for? ), colourise ( what does colourise stand for? ), colourize ( what does colourize stand for? ), emblazon ( what does emblazon stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) appearance with regard to color
Usage Example(s): her healthy coloration
Synonym(s): coloration
colouration is a kind of: color, coloring ( what does coloring stand for? ), colour, colouring ( what does colouring stand for? )
Meaning 3: (noun) the timbre of a musical sound
Usage Example(s): the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Synonym(s): color, coloration, colour
colouration is a kind of: quality ( what does quality stand for? ), timber ( what does timber stand for? ), timbre ( what does timbre stand for? ), tone ( what does tone stand for? )
Synonym(s): cytologic smear ( what does cytologic smear stand for? ), smear ( what does smear stand for? )
cytosmear is a kind of: cytologic specimen ( what does cytologic specimen stand for? )
- n. a physician who specializes in psychiatry (view details)
- v. decrease in size, range, or extent (view details)
- v. become smaller or draw together (view details)
- v. reduce in size (view details)
- v. wither, especially with a loss of moisture (view details)
- v. draw back, as with fear or pain (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Synonym(s): head-shrinker ( what does head-shrinker stand for? ), psychiatrist ( what does psychiatrist stand for? )
Meaning 2: (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent
Usage Example(s): His earnings shrank, My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Synonym(s): shrivel ( what does shrivel stand for? )
shrink is derived from: shrinking ( what does shrinking stand for? )
Meaning 3: (verb) become smaller or draw together
Usage Example(s): The balloon shrank, The fabric shrank
Synonym(s): contract ( what does contract stand for? )
Opposite(s): expand ( what does expand stand for? ), spread out ( what does spread out stand for? ), stretch ( what does stretch stand for? )
shrink is derived from: contraction ( what does contraction stand for? ), shrinkage ( what does shrinkage stand for? ), shrinking
Meaning 4: (verb) reduce in size, reduce physically
Usage Example(s): Can you shrink this image?, Hot water will shrink the sweater
Synonym(s): reduce ( what does reduce stand for? )
Cause(s): contract, shrink ( what does shrink stand for? )
shrink is derived from: decrease ( what does decrease stand for? ), diminution ( what does diminution stand for? ), reduction ( what does reduction stand for? ), shrinkage, shrinking, step-down ( what does step-down stand for? )
Meaning 5: (verb) wither, especially with a loss of moisture
Usage Example(s): The fruit dried and shriveled
Synonym(s): shrivel, shrivel up ( what does shrivel up stand for? ), wither ( what does wither stand for? )
Meaning 6: (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain
Usage Example(s): she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Synonym(s): cringe ( what does cringe stand for? ), flinch ( what does flinch stand for? ), funk ( what does funk stand for? ), quail ( what does quail stand for? ), recoil ( what does recoil stand for? ), squinch ( what does squinch stand for? ), wince ( what does wince stand for? )
shrink is derived from: flinch, wince
Synonym(s): 13 ( what does 13 stand for? ), XIII ( what does XIII stand for? ), long dozen ( what does long dozen stand for? ), thirteen ( what does thirteen stand for? )
Synonym(s): Eleonora Duse ( what does Eleonora Duse stand for? )
Synonym(s): Haliotis ( what does Haliotis stand for? )
genus Haliotis is a kind of: mollusk genus ( what does mollusk genus stand for? )
Synonym(s): arteria palatina ( what does arteria palatina stand for? )
palatine artery is a kind of: arteria ( what does arteria stand for? ), arterial blood vessel ( what does arterial blood vessel stand for? ), artery ( what does artery stand for? )
Synonym(s): Vaccinium scoparium ( what does Vaccinium scoparium stand for? ), grouse-berry ( what does grouse-berry stand for? ), grouseberry
Synonym(s): GAD ( what does GAD stand for? ), anxiety reaction ( what does anxiety reaction stand for? )
- v. provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language (view details)
- v. give a nickname to (view details)
- v. raise (someone) to knighthood (view details)
Meaning 1: (verb) provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
dub is derived from: dubbing ( what does dubbing stand for? )
dub implies: interpret ( what does interpret stand for? ), render ( what does render stand for? ), translate ( what does translate stand for? )
Meaning 2: (verb) give a nickname to
Synonym(s): nickname ( what does nickname stand for? )
dub is derived from: cognomen ( what does cognomen stand for? ), moniker ( what does moniker stand for? ), nickname, sobriquet ( what does sobriquet stand for? ), soubriquet ( what does soubriquet stand for? )
Meaning 3: (verb) raise (someone) to knighthood
Usage Example(s): The Beatles were knighted
Synonym(s): knight ( what does knight stand for? )
dub is derived from: knight