elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
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 |
method acting
method | an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed |
coitus interruptus
withdrawal method
withdrawal pulling out
onanism | a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation |
contraception
contraceptive method | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| relaxation relaxation method | a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount |
| whole-word method | teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
| method | a way of doing something, especially a systematic way, implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) |
| scientific method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
| experimental method | the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses |
teaching method
pedagogics
pedagogy | the principles and methods of instruction |
Socratic method
maieutic method | a method of teaching by question and answer, used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students |
| method of choice | the best method to achieve a desired result |
| working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
eclecticism
eclectic method | making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style |
working principle
working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
differential calculus
method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
statistical method
statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
least squares
method of least squares | a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve |
working papers
work papers
work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
| working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
labor
labour
working class
proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
working group
working party | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved, the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks |
c prostitute
cocotte
whore
harlot
bawd
tart
cyprian fancy woman working girl sporting lady
lady of pleasure
woman of the street | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman
workingman
working man
working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
straight-line method
straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life |
| capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
accounting accounting system
method of accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business, forms part of a ledger of accounts |
Bradley method of childbirth
Bradley method | a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father) |
Lamaze method of childbirth
Lamaze method | a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth, the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing |
Leboyer method of childbirth
Leboyer method | a method of childbirth that tries to minimize the trauma for the newborn, delivery occurs in a quiet dimly lit room and the infant's head is not pulled and immediate bonding between mother and child is encouraged |
powder photography
powder method
powder technique | a process for identifying minerals or crystals, a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified Xays, the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification |
Read method of childbirth
Read method | a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological, involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises |
workday
working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage, they work an -hour day |
| workday working day work day | a day on which work is done |
propertyless
wage-earning
working-class
blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
| working | serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity, discussed the working draft of a peace treaty, they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects |
working(a)
on the job(p) | actively engaged in paid work, the working population, the ratio of working men to unemployed, a working mother, robots can be on the job day and night |
running(a)
operative
functional
working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
| working(a) | adopted as a temporary basis for further work, a working draft, a working hypothesis |
| working | adequate for practical use, especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something, the party has a working majority in the House, a working knowledge of Spanish |
wage-earning
working-clas | working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries, working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor |