casting | the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie |
casting lots drawing lots sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
casting vote | the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie |
casting cast | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel |
bait casting | the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait |
fly casting | casting an artificial fly as a lure |
surf casting surf fishing | casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to yards) with the waves breaking around you |
molding casting | the act of creating something by casting it in a mold |
modeling modelling molding moulding | a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied |
anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
cast casting | object formed by a mold |
compound | an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) |
compound lens | a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis |
compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
compound microscope | light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece |
explosive compound | a compound that is explosive |
mold mould molding moulding modeling clay sculpture | sculpture produced by molding |
molding moulding border | a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge |
molding moulding | a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing |
physical pendulum compound pendulum | pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis |
quirk molding quirk moulding | a molding having a small groove in it |
compound eye | in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image |
compound | a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts |
compound morphology | the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words |
compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
compound pistil | consists of two or more fused carpels |
compound leaf | a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk |
compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest |
compound number | a quantity expressed in two different units, one hour and ten minutes |
complex fraction compound fraction | a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator |
compound fracture open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound |
alicyclic compound | an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms |
aliphatic compound | organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative |
aromatic compound | a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds |
anionic compound | a compound characterized by an active anion |
binary compound | chemical compound composed of only two elements |
chelate chelate compound | a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions |
quaternary ammonium compound | a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups, used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs |
organic compound | any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
conjugated protein compound protein | a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances |
complex coordination compound | a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated |
compound chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
inorganic compound | any compound that does not contain carbon |
heterocyclic compound heterocyclic heterocycle | a compound containing a heterocyclic ring |
spackle spackling compound | powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster |
compound combine | put or add together, combine resources |
intensify compound heighten deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked, The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her, Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness, This event only deepened my convictions |
compound combine | combine so as to form a whole, mix, compound the ingredients |
compound | create by mixing or combining |
compound | calculate principal and interest |