material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
exploitation development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
bedding material bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
photographic paper photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
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 |
writing written material piece of writing | the work of a writer, anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect), the writing in her novels is excellent, that editorial was a fine piece of writing |
reading reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form, the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography |
development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
promotion publicity promotional material packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution, the packaging of new ideas |
development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing and Urban Development HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Bank IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
Advanced Research and Development Activity ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose, such land is practical for small park developments |
housing development | a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management, they live in the new housing development |
material | a person judged suitable for admission or employment, he was university material, she was vice-presidential material |
material witness | a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson |
tangible possession material possession | property or belongings that are tangible |
material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
development developing | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible, the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours |
development evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage), the development of his ideas took many years, the evolution of Greek civilization, the slow development of her skill as a writer |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
psychomotor development | progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities |
psychosexual development | (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage |
development | a state in which things are improving, the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess), after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter, in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen |
arrested development fixation infantile fixation regression | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
material stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object, coal is a hard black material, wheat is the stuff they use to make bread |
raw material staple | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing |
sorbent sorbent material | a material that sorbs another substance, i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption |
absorbent material absorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
adsorbent adsorbent material | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
adhesive material adhesive agent adhesive | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
sealing material | any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface |
animal material | material derived from animals |
building material | material used for constructing buildings |