| 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 |
button quail
button-quail
bustard quail
hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail
Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
| button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
| button | any artifact that resembles a button |
buttonhole
button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
| coat button | a button on a coat |
| horn button | a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile |
| mouse button | a push button on the mouse |
| operating microscope | binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery) |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
| operating table | table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation |
| panic button | a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency, the circuit is operated by a panic button, when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button |
push button
push
button | an electrical switch operated by pressing, the elevator was operated by push buttons, the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk |
| push-button radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
| release button | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
| reset button | a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism |
| shirt button | a button on a shirt |
operating capability
performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
clitoris
clit
button | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis |
navel
umbilicus
bellybutton
belly button
omphalos
omphalus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached, you were not supposed to show your navel on television, they argued whether or not Adam had a navel, she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton |
gut issue
hot-button issue | an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions |
instruction manual
instructions
book of instructions
operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
operating system
OS | (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
DOS
disk operating system | an operating system that is on a disk |
MS-DOS
Microsoft disk operating system | an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers |
UNIX
UNIX system
UNIX operating system | trademark for a powerful operating system |
| button | a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment, they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate |
chief executive officer
CEO
chief operating officer | the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm, reports to a board of directors, may appoint other managers (including a president) |
surgeon
operating surgeon
sawbones | a physician who specializes in surgery |
| button | any of various plant parts that resemble buttons |
button pink
Dianthus latifolius | much-branched pink with flowers in clusters, closely related to sweet William |
globe amaranth
bachelor's button Gomphrena globosa | tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color |
mescal button
sacred mushroom
magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
cornflower
bachelor's button bluebottle
Centaurea cyanus | an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers |
brass buttons
Cotula coronopifolia | South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads, naturalized in moist areas along coast of California, cultivated as an ornamental |
| billy buttons | any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers, Australia and New Zealand |
blazing star button snakeroot gayfeather
gay-feather
snakeroot | any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
tansy
golden buttons
scented fern Tanacetum vulgare | common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally |
button tree
button mangrove
Conocarpus erectus | evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood |
orange milkwort
yellow milkwort
candyweed
yellow bachelor's button
Polygala lutea | bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers |
| button snakeroot Eryngium aquaticum | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots, southeastern United States, often confused with rattlesnake master |
rattlesnake master
rattlesnake's master
button snakeroot Eryngium yuccifolium | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite |
| button fern Tectaria cicutaria | Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils |
Indian button fern
Tectaria macrodonta | fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils |
| button fern Pellaea rotundifolia | fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets |
operating expense
operating cost
overhead
budget items | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance), it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
| operating capital | capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements |
income statement
earnings report
operating statement
profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |