forced landing
emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
check checkout
check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
diagnostic procedure
diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
| emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
| experimental procedure | the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
double-blind procedure
double-blind experiment
double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
Gram's method
Gram method
Gram's procedure
Gram's stain
Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
| operation procedure | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work, the operations in building a house, certain machine tool operations |
| military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
| services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others, the mayor tried to maintain city services, the medical services are excellent |
| public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
| public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
| press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
operation
surgery surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
desensitization technique
desensitisation technique
desensitization procedure
desensitisation procedure
systematic desensitization
systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
indecent exposure
public nudity | vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place |
| military censorship | all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces |
| military training | training soldiers in military procedures |
| military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons |
military action
action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
| operation military operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign), it was a joint operation of the navy and air force |
| maneuver manoeuvre simulated military operation | a military training exercise |
campaign
military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
expedition military expedition
hostile expedition | a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
| mission military mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters, the planes were on a bombing mission |
| procedure | a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
procedure
process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
| medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
| dental procedure | a procedure employed by a dentist |
| operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
bureaucratic procedure
red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
| military ceremony | a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary |
siege
besieging
beleaguering
military blockade | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
social welfare
welfare
public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
initial public offering
IPO
initial offering | a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
riot
public violence | a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
| community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
agora
public square | a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece |
emergency room
ER | a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment |
fire escape
emergency exit | a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency |
hand brake
emergency
emergency brake
parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
headquarters
HQ
military headquarters | the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command, the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents |
| military hospital | hospital for soldiers and other military personnel |
| military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
military post
post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
| military quarters | living quarters for personnel on a military post |
| military uniform | prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers |