laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
waste
wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| radioactive dating | measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon ) that an object contains, can be used to estimate the age of the object |
| waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
cooling system
cooling | a mechanism for keeping something cool, the cooling was overhead fans |
| cooling system engine cooling system | equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine |
| cooling tower | a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant |
dishwasher detergent
dishwashing detergent
dishwashing liquid | a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers |
drain
drainpipe
waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
liquid crystal display
LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
| liquid detergent | a detergent in liquid form |
| liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
| liquid soap | soap in liquid form |
soap scoop max
liquid ecstasy
grievous bodily harm
goop
Georgia home boy
easy lay | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
thriftlessness
waste
wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
liquid body substance
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
humour | the liquid parts of the body |
| radioactive iodine test | test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine- |
| radioactive iodine excretion test | radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine |
radioactive iodine uptake test
RAIU | radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland |
| principle of liquid displacement | (hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid |
| liquid | a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r') |
| clear liquid diet | a diet of fluids with minimal residues (fat-free broth or strained fruit juices or gelatin), cannot be used for more than one day postoperative |
| liquid diet | a diet of foods that can be served in liquid or strained form (plus custards or puddings), prescribed after certain kinds of surgery |
barren
waste
wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump
garbage dump
trash dump
rubbish dump
wasteyard
waste-yard
dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump
toxic waste site
toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site
toxic waste area
Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
cooling
chilling
temperature reduction | the process of becoming cooler, a falling temperature |
decay radioactive decay
disintegration | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation |
liquid unit
liquid measure | a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) |
| United States liquid unit | a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System |
liquid
liquidness
liquidity
liquid state | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility |
liquid oxygen
LOX | a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point, used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants |
prednisone
Orasone
Deltasone
Liquid Pred
Meticorten | a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten), used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant |
body waste
excretion
excreta
excrement
excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
| human waste | the body wastes of human beings |
waste
waste material
waste matter
waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, they collect the waste once a week, much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
garbage
refuse
food waste
scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
toxic waste
toxic industrial waste | poisonous waste materials, can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
fallout
radioactive dust | the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion |
| high-level radioactive waste | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |
| liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume |
| liquid | a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure |
| liquid nitrogen | nitrogen in a liquid state |