Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. |
Horny (superl.) Having horns or hornlike projections. |
Horny (superl.) Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn |
Horny (superl.) Hard |
Horny-handed (a.) Having the hands horny and callous from labor. |
Scale (n.) The dish of a balance |
Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra. |
Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale |
Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. |
Scale (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish |
Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura |
Scale (n.) A scale insect. (See below.) |
Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement |
Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. |
Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. |
Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales |
Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth |
Scale (v. t.) To scatter |
Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. |
Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae |
Scale (v. i.) To separate |
Scale (n.) A ladder |
Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. |
Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. |
Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances |
Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system |
Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave |
Scale (n.) Gradation |
Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts |
Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder |
Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps |
Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera |
Skin (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal. |
Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned |
Skin (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1. |
Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit |
Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. |
Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel |
Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of |
Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin |
Skin (v. t.) To strip of money or property |
Skin (v. i.) To become covered with skin |
Skin (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. |
Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin |
economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
skin diving skin-dive | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel |
skin care skincare | care for the skin |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
Binet-Simon Scale | the first intelligence test |
horned lizard horned toad horny frog | insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body, of western North America |
hide pelt skin | body covering of a living animal |
scale | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
fish scale | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
soft scale | an insect active in all stages |
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
armored scale | insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female |
San Jose scale Aspidiotus perniciosus | small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees |
thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
artificial skin | a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
scale weighing machine | a measuring instrument for weighing, shows amount of mass |
skin | an outer surface (usually thin), the skin of an airplane |
skin | a bag serving as a container for liquids, it is made from the hide of an animal |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
transdermal patch skin patch | a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream |
vernier scale vernier | a small movable scale that slides along a main scale, the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale |
waterskin water skin | a container of skin for holding water |
complexion skin color skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
pH pH scale | (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter, provides a measure on a scale from to of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where is neutral and greater than is more basic and less than is more acidic), |
skin tegument cutis | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch, your skin is the largest organ of your body |
skin graft | a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn |
skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
stratum corneum corneum horny layer | the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
horny structure unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
touch sense of touch skin senses touch modality cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
skin test | any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin |
tuberculin test tuberculin skin test | a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium, based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin |
scale value | a value on some scale of measurement |
skin flick | a pornographic movie |
scale musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
diatonic scale | a scale with eight notes in an octave, all but two are separated by whole tones |
major scale major diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the rd and th and th and th |
minor scale minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |
chromatic scale | a -note scale including all the semitones of the octave |
gapped scale | a musical scale with fewer than seven notes |
pentatonic scale pentatone | a gapped scale with five notes, usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted |
C major C major scale scale of C major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats |
potato skin potato peel potato peelings | crisp fried potato peeling |