| Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
| classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort |
pilot project
pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
undertaking
project
task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
| Manhattan Project | code name for the secret United States project set up in to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
| 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 |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
| planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
planning
preparation
provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
project
projection | a planned undertaking |
| urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
| Manhattan Project | a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II |
| planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
advisory board
planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
housing project
public housing | a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families |
project
propose | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc., He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism, She proposed a new theory of relativity |
project externalize
externalise | regard as objective |
| project | communicate vividly, He projected his feelings |
| project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another |
project
send off | throw, send, or cast forward, project a missile |
| project cast contrive throw | put or send forth, She threw the flashlight beam into the corner, The setting sun threw long shadows, cast a spell, cast a warm light |
visualize
visualise
envision
project
fancy
see
figure
picture image | imagine, conceive of, see in one's mind, I can't see him on horseback!, I can see what will happen, I can see a risk in this strategy |
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 |
| project | draw a projection of |
| project | project on a screen, The images are projected onto the screen |
| project | cause to be heard, His voice projects well |
stick out protrude
jut out
jut
project | extend out or project in space, His sharp nose jutted out, A single rock sticks out from the cliff |