| beauty treatment | enhancement of someone's personal beauty |
maltreatment
ill-treatment
ill-usage
abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment, the child showed signs of physical abuse |
cruelty
inhuman treatment | a cruel act, a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering |
treatment
intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
radiotherapy
radiation therapy
radiation actinotherapy
irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
shock therapy
shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
insulin shock
insulin shock therapy
insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock
metrazol shock therapy
metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
| orthodontic treatment | dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy, treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids, orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities |
| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
| treatment handling | the management of someone or something, the handling of prisoners, the treatment of water sewage, the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system |
| silent treatment | an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know |
| floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
| ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
plan
architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure, the plans for City Hall were on file |
| treatment | a manner of dealing with something artistically, his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture |
| design plan | an arrangement scheme, the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult, it was an excellent design for living, a plan for seating guests |
| irradiation | (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function, the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development |
| plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
| battle plan | plan for conducting a battle |
travel plan
itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
| game plan | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport |
| game plan | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs, newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion |
plot
secret plan
game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal), they concocted a plot to discredit the governor, I saw through his little game from the start |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
| Keogh plan | a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons |
| employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
| stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
employee stock ownership plan
ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
| irradiation | the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background |
discussion treatment
discourse | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic, the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic, his treatment of the race question is badly biased |
short shrift
summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
| irradiation | (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex |
| commission plan | a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission |
beam
beam of light
light beam
ray
ray of light
shaft
shaft of light
irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (-), named after George Marshall |
installment plan
installment buying
time plan | a system for paying for goods by installments |
hotel plan
meal plan | a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel |
| American plan | a hotel plan that includes three meals daily |
| modified American plan | a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch) |
| Bermuda plan | a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily |
European plan
continental plan | a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily |
a whole shebang
whole kit and caboodle
kit and caboodle
whole kit and boodle
kit and boodle
whole kit
whole caboodle
whole works
works
full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
| irradiation | the condition of being exposed to radiation |
| plan | make plans for something, He is planning a trip with his family |
| plan be after | have the will and intention to carry out some action, He plans to be in graduate school next year, The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion |
plan
project contrive design | make or work out a plan for, devise, They contrived to murder their boss, design a new sales strategy, plan an attack |
design
plan | make a design of, plan out in systematic, often graphic form, design a better mousetrap, plan the new wing of the museum |