development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
exploitation development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
pedicab cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
business cycle trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing and Urban Development HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Bank IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
Advanced Research and Development Activity ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose, such land is practical for small park developments |
housing development | a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management, they live in the new housing development |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson |
food web food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |
life cycle | a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage |
carbon cycle | a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars |
carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
development developing | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible, the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours |
development evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage), the development of his ideas took many years, the evolution of Greek civilization, the slow development of her skill as a writer |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
Krebs cycle Krebs citric acid cycle citric acid cycle tricarboxylic acid cycle | in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy |
life cycle | the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced |
nitrogen cycle | the circulation of nitrogen, nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil |
psychomotor development | progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities |
psychosexual development | (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage |
vicious circle vicious cycle | one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first |
development | a state in which things are improving, the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess), after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter, in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen |
arrested development fixation infantile fixation regression | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
hertz Hz cycle per second cycles second cps cycle | the unit of frequency, one hertz has a periodic interval of one second |
cycle rhythm round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs, the never-ending cycle of the seasons |
menstrual cycle | a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy, if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation, the average menstrual cycle is days |
cycle | recur in repeating sequences |
bicycle cycle bike pedal wheel | ride a bicycle |
motorbike motorcycle cycle | ride a motorcycle |
cycle | pass through a cycle, This machine automatically cycles |
cycle on | come to the starting point of a cycle |
cycle | cause to go through a recurring sequence, cycle the laundry in this washing program |