detection catching espial spying spotting | the act of detecting something, catching sight of something |
detection detecting detective work sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
flame fish flamefish Apogon maculatus | a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters |
bargello flame stitch | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines |
explosive detection system EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
explosive trace detection ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
ionization chamber ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
radar microwave radar radio detection and ranging radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
detection sensing | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists, early detection can often lead to a cure |
signal detection detection | the detection that a signal is being received |
flame-out | a complete or conspicuous failure, the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings |
flame-out | the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion |
flame tokay | purplished table grape |
candlelight candle flame | the light provided by a burning candle |
huisache cassie mimosa bush sweet wattle sweet acacia scented wattle flame tree Acacia farnesiana | tropical American thorny shrub or small tree, fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery |
flame flower flame-flower flameflower Talinum aurantiacum | plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil, southwestern United States, Indians once cooked the fleshy roots |
narrow-leaved flame flower Talinum augustissimum | similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers, southwestern United States |
flame tree flame durrajong Brachychiton acerifolius Sterculia acerifolia | south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers |
flame tree broad-leaved bottletree Brachychiton australis | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves |
kniphofia tritoma flame flower flame-flower flameflower | a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers |
royal poinciana flamboyant flame tree peacock flower Delonix regia Poinciana regia | showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar, widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers, sometimes placed in genus Poinciana |
flame pea | any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orangeed flowers, Australia |
coral bush flame bush Templetonia retusa | Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers |
flame tree fire tree Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda | a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers, parasitic on roots of grasses |
coleus flame nettle | any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers |
fire flame flaming | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke, fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries |
ionization ionisation | the process of ionizing, the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas |
ionization ionisation | the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge), the ionization of a gas |
flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium, the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed |
flame | be in flames or aflame, The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset |
flare flame up blaze up burn up | burn brightly, Every star seemed to flare with new intensity |
flare flame | shine with a sudden light, The night sky flared with the massive bombardment |
red-orange reddish-orange flame-orange | of orange tinged with red |
flame-colored flame-coloured | having the brilliant orange-red color of flames |
flameproof flame-retardant | resistant to catching fire |