Investigator
(n.) One who searches diligently into a subject. |
Perpetrator
(n.) One who perpetrates |
Photo
(n.) A contraction of Photograph. |
Photo-
() A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light |
Photo-electric
(a.) Acting by the operation of both light and electricity |
Photo-electrotype
(n.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc. |
Photo-engraving
(n.) The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing |
Photo-epinasty
(n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. |
Pick
(v.) To throw |
Pick
(v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak |
Pick
(v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points |
Pick
(v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
Pick
(v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers |
Pick
(v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth |
Pick
(v.) To choose |
Pick
(v.) To take up |
Pick
(v.) To trim. |
Pick
(v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels |
Pick
(v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things |
Pick
(v. i.) To steal |
Pick
(n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking |
Pick
(n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc. |
Pick
(n.) A pike or spike |
Pick
(n.) Choice |
Pick
(n.) That which would be picked or chosen first |
Pick
(n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
Pick
(n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
Pick
(n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute |
Pick-fault
(n.) One who seeks out faults. |
Recognize
(v. t.) To know again |
Recognize
(v. t.) To avow knowledge of |
Recognize
(v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like. |
Recognize
(v. t.) To show appreciation of |
Recognize
(v. t.) To review |
Recognize
(v. t.) To reconnoiter. |
Recognize
(v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal |
Required
(imp. & p. p.) of Require |
Selected
(imp. & p. p.) of Select |
Showed
(imp.) of Show |
Showed
() of Show |
Spread
(imp. & p. p.) of Spread |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend so as to cover something |
Spread
(v. t.) To divulge |
Spread
(v. t.) To propagate |
Spread
(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia |
Spread
(v. t.) To strew |
Spread
(v. t.) To prepare |
Spread
(v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating |
choice
selection
option
pick | the act of choosing or selecting, your choice of colors was unfortunate, you can take your pick |
spread
spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line |
| pick | a basketball maneuver, obstructing an opponent with one's body, he was called for setting an illegal pick |
| pick-off | a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
test
trial
run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial
clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial
preclinical test
preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
| test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
| screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT
MOT test
Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
| required course | a course that all students are required to take |
test mental test
mental testing
psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test
IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
| Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
| personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach
Rorschach test
inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test
TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
| sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
| test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
bracer
pick-me-up | a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
| guitar pick | a plectrum used to pluck a guitar |
icepick
ice pick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point, used for breaking up blocks of ice |
photograph
photo
exposure
picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
pick
pickax
pickaxe | a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends, they used picks and sledges to break the rocks |
| pick | a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material, he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks |
pick plectrum
plectron | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
| pickup pick-me-up | anything with restorative powers, she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her |
ranch
spread cattle ranch
cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
| test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions |
| test equipment | equipment required to perform a test |
| test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
| test range | a range for conducting tests |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
test room
testing room | a room in which tests are conducted |
| test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
witness box
witness stand | a box enclosure for a witness when testifying |
woof
weft
filling
pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
gap
spread | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures, gap between income and outgo, the spread between lending and borrowing costs |
scatter
spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| spread | the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age), she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread |
diagnostic test
diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
| agglutination test | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens, blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen, used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
| heterophil test | a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells, positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis |
Widal test
Widal's test | a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections |