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 |
planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
hassle scuffle tussle dogfight rough-and-tumble | disorderly fighting |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa | newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
rough fish | any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
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 |
urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
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 |
rough | the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War () |
rough-leaved aster | a variety of aster |
rough-stemmed goldenrod | a variety of goldenrod |
green bristlegrass green foxtail rough bristlegrass bottle-grass bottle grass Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America, often a troublesome weed |
rough bindweed Smilax aspera | creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers, Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India |
singletary pea Caley pea rough pea wild winterpea Lathyrus hirsutus | a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States, cultivated as a cover and pasture crop |
scouring rush rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
hard time rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
choppiness roughness rough water | used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather |
rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing, rough-dry the laundry |
rough-hew roughcast | hew roughly, without finishing the surface, rough-hew stone or timber |
rough-sand | sand roughly, rough-sand the door before painting it |
rough up | treat violently, The police strong-armed the suspect |
rough in rough rough out | prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner |
pugnacious rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence, pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville, they were rough and determined fighting men |
rough-haired | having hair that feels rough |
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound, a gravelly voice |
boisterous fierce rough | violently agitated and turbulent, boisterous winds and waves, the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound, rough weather, rough seas |
uncut rough | not shaped by cutting or trimming, an uncut diamond, rough gemstones |
rocky rough | full of hardship or trials, the rocky road to success, they were having a rough time |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
approximate approximative rough | not quite exact or correct, the approximate time wa o'clock, a rough guess, a ballpark estimate |
roughhewn rough-cut | of stone or timber, shaped roughly without finishing |
harsh rough | unkind or cruel or uncivil, had harsh words, a harsh and unlovable old tyrant, a rough answer |
rough-and-tumble bare-knuckle bare-knuckled | characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules, a rough-and-tumble fight, rough-and-tumble politics, undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism |
harsh rough | unpleasantly stern, wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus, the nomad life is rough and hazardous |
rough | not perfected, a rough draft, a few rough sketches |
coarse common rough-cut uncouth vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste, he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind, behavior that branded him as common, an untutored and uncouth human being, an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy, appealing to the vulgar taste for violence, the vulgar display of the newly rich |
rough | (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse, she was a diamond in the rough, rough manners |
rough-spoken | rude or uncouth in speech |