crime offense criminal offense criminal offence offence law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act, a long record of crimes |
capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate |
sexual assault sexual abuse sex crime sex offense | a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
statutory offense statutory offence regulatory offense regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common law |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
offense offence offensive | the action of attacking an enemy |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
blastoderm germinal disc blastodisc germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
breakfast area breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
equal-area projection equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
launching pad launchpad launch pad launch area pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
local area network LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
lounge waiting room waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
seating seats seating room seating area | an area that includes places where several people can sit, there is seating forstudents in this classroom |
wide area network WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
wireless local area network WLAN wireless fidelity WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
area expanse surface area | the extent of a -dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary, the area of a rectangle, it was about square feet in area |
acreage land area | an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming), he wanted some acreage to build on |
area region | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve, in the abdominal region |
area of cardiac dullness | a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion), corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs |
macula macula lutea macular area yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
pyriform area piriform area pyriform lobe piriform lobe | pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon |
cortical area cortical region | any of various regions of the cerebral cortex |
association area association cortex | cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information |
auditory area auditory cortex | the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body |
Broca's area Broca's center Broca's gyrus Broca's convolution convolution of Broca | the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people |
Brodmann's area | one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture |
language area language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
motor area motor region motor cortex Rolando's area excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
sensorimotor area sensorimotor region | an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions |
visual area visual cortex | the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus |
Wernicke's area Wernicke's center | the auditory word center, located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people |
striate cortex striate area first visual area area of Brodmann Brodmann's are | the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |
area | a subject of study, it was his area of specialization, areas of interest include... |
Kepler's second law law of areas law of equal areas | a law concerning the speed at which planets travel, a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times, Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
grey area gray area | an intermediate area, a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other |
area code | a number usually of digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada |
umbrage offense offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended, he took offence at my question |
offense offence | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score |
sterling area sterling bloc scheduled territories | the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling |
area country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography), it was a mountainous area, Bible country |
broadcast area | the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received |
campsite campground camping site camping ground bivouac encampment camping area | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |