hydroponics
aquiculture
tank farming | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
eastern red-backed salamander
Plethodon cinereus | common salamander of eastern North America |
western red-backed salamander
Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
red-backed sandpiper
dunlin
Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
black-backed gull
great black-backed gull
cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
red-backed mouse
redback vole | any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
grey lemming
gray lemming
red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
aquarium
fish tank
marine museum | a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals |
| cistern water tank | a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet |
| cooler tank | a cell for violent prisoners |
gas tank
gasoline tank
petrol tank | a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle |
| maillot tank suit | a woman's one-piece bathing suit |
oil tanker
oiler
tanker
tank ship | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
| septic tank | large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria |
tank
storage tank | a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids |
tank army tank
armored combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicle | an enclosed armored military vehicle, has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
tank car
tank | a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk |
| tank circuit | an oscillatory circuit |
| tank destroyer | an armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds |
tank engine
tank locomotive | a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water, no tender is needed |
| tank furnace | furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained |
| tank iron | plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron |
| tank shell | a shell fired by the cannon on a tank |
| tank top | a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening, often worn over a shirt or blouse |
water heater
hot-water heater
hot-water tank | a heater and storage tank to supply heated water |
| communism | a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society |
| communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership |
think tank
think factory | a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications |
| tank farm | an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks |
Communism Peak
Mount Communism
Stalin Peak
Mount Garmo | the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains, near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (, feet high) |
tanker
tank driver | a soldier who drives a tank |
| mortgage-backed security | a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public, investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments, usually guaranteed by the government |
tank
tankful | as much as a tank will hold |
| tank | treat in a tank, tank animal refuse |
| tank | consume excessive amounts of alcohol |
| tank | store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it |
| backed | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
| high-backed | having a high back, a high-backed sofa |
| low-backed | having a low back |
razorback
razor-backed | having a sharp narrow back, a razor-backed horse, razorback hogs |
| spiny-backed | having the back covered with spines |
| stiff-backed | having a stiff back, the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling |
| straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
red-coated
lobster-backed | used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats |
broken-backed
hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
| broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
| broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
hunched
round-backed
round-shouldered
stooped
stooping
crooked | having the back and shoulders rounded, not erect, a little oldish misshapen stooping woman |
| backed | used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
erectly
straight-backed | in a straight-backed manner, the old man still walks erectly |