natural object | an object occurring naturally, not made by man |
natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
natural | (craps) a first roll of or that immediately wins the stake |
natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
manner mode style way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
natural ability | ability that is inherited |
endowment gift talent natural endowment | natural abilities or qualities |
natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
law natural law | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
natural science | the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena |
mode modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
physics natural philosophy r | the science of matter and energy and their interactions, his favorite subject was physics |
natural language processing NLP human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
natural theology | a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation |
asynchronous transfer mode ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
natural language processor natural language processing application | an application program that deals with natural language text |
natural logarithm Napierian logarithm | a logarithm to the base e |
ecclesiastical mode Gregorian mode church mode medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
mode musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
major key major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
minor key minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
natural cancel | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat |
natural language tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community, opposed to e.g. a computer language |
happening occurrence occurrent natural event | an event that happens |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
covering natural covering cover | a natural object that covers or envelops, under a covering of dust, the fox was flushed from its cover |
enclosure natural enclosure | a naturally enclosed space |
natural depression depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation |
natural elevation elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation |
natural order | the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
natural | someone regarded as certain to succeed, he's a natural for the job |
naturalist natural scientist | a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) |
natural phenomenon | all phenomena that are not artificial |
natural resource natural resources | resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature |
natural childbirth | labor and childbirth without medical intervention, no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process, natural childbirth is considered the safest for the baby |
natural process natural action action activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings), the action of natural forces, volcanic activity |
survival survival of the fittest natural selection selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
natural number | the number and any other number obtained by adding to it repeatedly |
mood mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
modality mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
natural shape | a shape created by natural forces, not man-made |
mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement, switched from keyboard to voice mode |
wild natural state state of nature | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization, he lived in the wild, they collected mushrooms in the wild |
natural immunity innate immunity | immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup |
natural glass | magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly |
natural resin | a plant exudate |
natural fiber natural fibre | fiber derived from plants or animals |
natural gas gas | a fossil fuel in the gaseous state, used for cooking and heating homes |