blue wall of silence
blue wall
wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
chorioallantois
chorioallantoic membrane | the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois |
wall creeper
tichodrome
Tichodroma muriaria | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
| Antonine Wall | a fortification miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde), built into mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain |
| bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
bracket
wall bracket | a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
| cavity wall | a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them |
Chinese Wall
Great Wall
Great Wall of China | a fortification , miles long built across northern China in the rd century BC, it averages meters in width |
dry wall
dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
gable
gable end
gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
hanging
wall hanging | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window, the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
| membrane | a thin pliable sheet of material |
mural
wall painting | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
| party wall | a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners |
proscenium
proscenium wall | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater |
rampart
bulwark wall | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes, they stormed the ramparts of the city, they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down |
| retaining wall | a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) |
| stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
| wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness, used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure, the south wall had a small window, the walls were covered with pictures |
| wall | a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden), the wall followed the road, he ducked behind the garden wall and waited |
| wall | a layer of material that encloses space, the walls of the cylinder were perforated, the container's walls were blue |
wallboard
drywall
dry wall | a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions, made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses |
| wall clock | a clock mounted on a wall |
| wall panel | paneling that forms part of a wall |
| wall plate | plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load |
wall socket
wall plug
electric outlet
electrical outlet
outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
| wall tent | a canvas tent with four vertical walls |
| wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |
| membrane bone | any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation, e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull |
| basilar membrane | a membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti |
caul
veil
embryonic membrane | the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) |
| fetal membrane | any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus |
cell membrane
cytomembrane
plasma membrane | a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell, proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell, all cells have a cell membrane |
nictitating membrane
third eyelid | a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals |
eardrum
tympanum
tympanic membrane
myringa | the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound |
| fertilization membrane | the membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon |
hyaloid membrane
hyaloid | the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina |
mucous membrane
mucosa | mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior |
membrane
tissue layer | a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants |
| semipermeable membrane | a membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecules to pass through but not others |
arachnoid
arachnoid membrane | the middle of the meninges |
hymen
maidenhead
virginal membrane | a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin |
wall
paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure, stomach walls |
| abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
serous membrane
serosa | a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body, has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid |
synovial membrane
synovium | a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid |
Wall Street
the Street | used to allude to the securities industry of the United States |
| hole-in-the-wall | a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place, his office was a hole-in-the-wall |
| Wailing Wall | a wall in Jerusalem, sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation, its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon |
| Hadrian's Wall | an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the nd century, marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain |