mushroom coral | flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) |
collector | the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
solar dish solar collector solar furnace | a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun, can produce high temperatures |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
mushroom | fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi |
stuffed mushroom | mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach |
marchand de vin mushroom wine sauce | brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira |
mushroom sauce | brown sauce and sauteed mushrooms |
type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
Alpine glacier Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
collector | a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth |
Piedmont glacier Piedmont type of glacier | a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska, large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice |
character eccentric type case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
collector gatherer accumulator | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
collector aggregator | a person who collects things |
garbage man garbageman garbage collector garbage carter garbage hauler refuse collector dustman | someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse |
lepidopterist lepidopterologist butterfly collector | an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths |
numismatist numismatologist coin collector | a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) |
philatelist stamp collector | a collector and student of postage stamps |
rent collector | a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner |
tax collector taxman exciseman collector of internal revenue internal revenue agent | someone who collects taxes for the government |
ticket collector ticket taker | someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets |
tollkeeper tollman tollgatherer toll collector toll taker toll agent toller | someone employed to collect tolls |