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 |
accountancy
accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
| cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production |
| inventory accounting | accounting that controls and evaluates inventory |
| 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 |
| capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate |
execution
executing
capital punishment
death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
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 |
human botfly
Dermatobia hominis | large tropical American fly, parasitic on humans and other mammals |
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 |
capital
chapiter
cap | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature |
| capital ship | a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
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 |
asset
plus | a useful or valuable quality |
| resource | a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed, the local library is a valuable resource |
| inner resource | a resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilities, to have an inner resource against loneliness |
| 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 |
resource
resourcefulness
imagination | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems, a man of resource |
| accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances |
accounting principle
accounting standard | a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions |
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 |
demography
human ecology | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
URL
uniform resource locator
universal resource locator | the address of a web page on the world wide web |
| accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes, he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions |
capital
capital letter
uppercase
upperase letter
majuscule | one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis, printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases, capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upperase letters |
small capital
small cap | a character having the form of an upperase letter but the same height as lowerase letters |
block letter
block capital | a plain hand-drawn letter |
Das Kapital
Capital | a book written by Karl Marx () describing his economic theories |
fatality
human death | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster, a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities |
| accounting firm | a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee |
Department of Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
HHS | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare, created in |
generally accepted accounting principles
GAAP | a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice, includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures |
Government Accounting Office
GAO
United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
| Commission on Human Rights | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights |