Bedford cord | a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy, used for clothing |
bellbottom trousers bell-bottoms bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
bungee bungee cord | an elasticized rope |
chenille chenille cord | a soft tufted cord used in embroidery |
cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads, the bundle was tied with a cord |
cord corduroy | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs, usually made of cotton |
cord electric cord | a light insulated conductor for household use |
cords corduroys | cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth |
extension cord | an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord |
long trousers long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
pincer pair of pincers tweezer pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
pliers pair of pliers plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
power cord | a cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance |
sash cord sash line | a strong cord connecting a sash weight to a sliding sash |
scissors pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
telephone cord phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
tongs pair of tongs | any of various devices for taking hold of objects, usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below |
virginal pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord, played (usually by women) in the th and th centuries |
cord blood | blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth |
spinal cord medulla spinalis | a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain, a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region |
umbilical cord umbilical | membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta |
spermatic cord | a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves |
vocal cord vocal fold vocal band plica vocalis | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx |
false vocal cord false vocal fold superior vocal cord ventricular fold vestibular fold | either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization |
true vocal cord true vocal fold inferior vocal cord inferior vocal fold | either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis, produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them |
pair | a poker hand with cards of the same value |
pair | two people considered as a unit |
pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
au pair | a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework |
au pair girl | a foreign girl serving as an au pair |
cordgrass cord grass | any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina, some important as coastal soil binders |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
cord | a unit of amount of wood cut for burning, cubic feet |
d couple pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet distich duo duet dyad duad | two items of the same kind |
silver cord | the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring |
base pair | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands, the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA |
cord | bind or tie with a cord |
match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, This fact is coupled to the other one, Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?, The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
copulate mate pair couple | engage in sexual intercourse, Birds mate in the Spring |
pair geminate | arrange in pairs, Pair these numbers |
pair geminate | occur in pairs |
cord | stack in cords, cord firewood |
pair pair off partner off couple | form a pair or pairs, The two old friends paired off |
call the shots call the tune wear the trousers | exercise authority or be in charge, Who is calling the shots in this house? |