| cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
killing
kill
putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
| death | the act of killing, he had two deaths on his conscience |
attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
danse macabre
dance of death | a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cell nuclear transfer
SCNT
nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
| cell-mediated immune response | an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells |
execution
executing
capital punishment
death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
| flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
death adder
Acanthophis antarcticus | venomous Australian snake resembling an adder |
| flagellated cell | any cell or oneelled organism equipped with a flagellum |
choanocyte
collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
death's-head moth
Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
bullpen
detention cell
detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
cell
electric cell | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
cell jail cell
prison cell | a room where a prisoner is kept |
| cell cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
| cell | any small compartment, the cells of a honeycomb |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
Clark cell
Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
| death camp | a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed |
death house
death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
death knell
death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
| death mask | a cast taken from the face of a dead person |
| death seat | the car seat beside the driver of an automobile, believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident |
| dry cell | a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid, the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell, used in flashlights, portable radios, etc. |
electric chair
chair death chair
hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
| electrolytic cell | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) |
| fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
gas chamber
death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
| holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
| Kerr cell | optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media, passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel, used as a high-speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam |
| Leclanche cell | voltaic cell that produces approximately . volts |
| mercury cell | a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide |
photoelectric cell
photoconductive cell
photocell
electric eye
magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
| selenium cell | a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium |
solar cell
photovoltaic cell | a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy |
| standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
storage cell
secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
voltaic cell
galvanic cell
primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
Weston cell
cadmium cell | a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) |
| wet cell | a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte |
| death toll | the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster |
| skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
| epidermal cell | any of the cells making up the epidermis |
| prickle cell | a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickleell layer), has many spines and radiating processes |
| epithelial cell | one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium |
columnar cell
columnar epithelial cell | an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column, some have cilia |
cuboidal cell
cuboidal epithelial cell | an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube |
| goblet cell | an epithelial cell that secretes mucous |