| cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cell nuclear transfer
SCNT
nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
| cell-mediated immune response | an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells |
| number crunching | performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations |
| flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
| flagellated cell | any cell or oneelled organism equipped with a flagellum |
choanocyte
collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
bullpen
detention cell
detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
| canteen mobile canteen | a restaurant outside, often for soldiers or policemen |
cell
electric cell | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
cell jail cell
prison cell | a room where a prisoner is kept |
| cell cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
| cell | any small compartment, the cells of a honeycomb |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
Clark cell
Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
| desk phone | a telephone set that sits on a desk or table |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
driver
number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
| dry cell | a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid, the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell, used in flashlights, portable radios, etc. |
earphone
earpiece
headphone
phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds, it is held over or inserted into the ear, it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
| electrolytic cell | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
| fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
| holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
| Kerr cell | optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media, passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel, used as a high-speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam |
| Leclanche cell | voltaic cell that produces approximately . volts |
| mercury cell | a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide |
| mobile | sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents |
mobile home
manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
| number | an item of merchandise offered for sale, she preferred the black nylon number, this sweater is an all-wool number |
| number cruncher | a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second |
pay-phone
pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
photoelectric cell
photoconductive cell
photocell
electric eye
magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
| selenium cell | a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium |
solar cell
photovoltaic cell | a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy |
| standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
storage cell
secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
telephone
phone
telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
telephone booth
phone booth
call box
telephone box
telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord
phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line
phone line
telephone circuit
subscriber line
line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone system
phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
voltaic cell
galvanic cell
primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
Weston cell
cadmium cell | a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) |
| wet cell | a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte |
| number | a clothing measurement, a number shoe |
number
figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
| skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |