act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
human reproductive cloning | the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being, generally considered ethically unacceptable |
Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
human Tell leukemia virus- HTLV- | retrovirus causing Tell leukemia |
human immunodeficiency virus HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), it replicates in and kills the helper T cells |
human papilloma virus | any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors |
great white shark white shark man-eater man-eating shark Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
honey eater honeysucker | Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar |
bee eater | colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight, feeds on especially bees |
insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
social insect | an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species |
dipterous insect two-winged insects dipteran dipteron | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing |
human botfly Dermatobia hominis | large tropical American fly, parasitic on humans and other mammals |
hymenopterous insect hymenopteran hymenopteron hymenopter | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
orthopterous insect orthopteron orthopteran | any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts |
phasmid phasmid insect | large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants, walking sticks and leaf insects |
walking stick walkingstick stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
walking leaf leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
dictyopterous insect | cockroaches and mantids |
hemipterous insect bug hemipteran hemipteron | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base, usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
heteropterous insect | true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips |
homopterous insect homopteran | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
coccid insect | scale insects and mealybugs |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
wax insect | any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance |
cochineal insect cochineal Dactylopius coccus | Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti, the source of a red dye |
spittle insect spittlebug | small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete |
psocopterous insect | small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs |
neuropteron neuropteran neuropterous insect | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
trichopterous insect trichopteran trichopteron | caddis fly |
thysanuran insect thysanuron | primitive wingless insects: bristletail |
thysanopter thysanopteron thysanopterous insect | an insect of the order Thysanoptera |
lepidopterous insect lepidopteron lepidopteran | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales |
homo man human being human | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
world human race humanity humankind human beings humans mankind man | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth, all the world loves a lover, she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
body bag personnel pouch human remains pouch | a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
Segway Segway Human Transporter Segway HT | (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels, can operate in any level pedestrian environment |
human nature | the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings, a great observer of human nature |
human right | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
recombinant human insulin Humulin | a form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin, used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
human head | the head of a human being |
foot human foot pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint, his bare feet projected from his trousers, armored from head to foot |
knee knee joint human knee articulatio genus genu | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
elbow elbow joint human elbow cubitus cubital joint articulatio cubiti | hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped |
face human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear, he washed his face, I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news |
paleoanthropology palaeoanthropology human paleontology human palaeontology | the scientific study of human fossils |
natural language processing NLP human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |