blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement, all the clues led the police into blind alleys, so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
blind stitching | stitching that is not easily seen or noticed |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT MOT test Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test projective device projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach Rorschach test inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
amphiuma congo snake congo eel blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet, of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
blind snake worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes |
western blind snake Leptotyphlops humilis | burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States |
test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
blind | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters), he waited impatiently in the blind |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions |
test equipment | equipment required to perform a test |
test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
test range | a range for conducting tests |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
test room testing room | a room in which tests are conducted |
test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
Venetian blind | a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed |
window blind | a blind for privacy or to keep out light |
blind spot optic disc optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
cecum caecum blind gut | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens, the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum |
diagnostic test diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
agglutination test | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens, blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen, used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
heterophil test | a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells, positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis |
Widal test Widal's test | a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
fecal occult test faecal occult test stool test | a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood, used to detect colorectal cancers |
glucose tolerance test | test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates, used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus |
complement fixation test | a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present, used as a diagnostic test |