flare | (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
flare pass flare | a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines, he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss |
refrigeration | deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes, refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath |
fitting try-on trying on | putting clothes on to see whether they fit |
appointment fitting | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) |
fitting | a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system |
flare | a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification |
flare path | an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing |
gas fitting | the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building |
n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
pipefitting pipe fitting | fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
refrigeration system | a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes) |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
flare flash | a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate |
flare | a sudden outburst of emotion, she felt a flare of delight, she could not control her flare of rage |
adjustment accommodation fitting | making or becoming suitable, adjusting to circumstances |
outburst burst flare-up | a sudden intense happening, an outburst of heavy rain, a burst of lightning |
type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
Alpine glacier Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
flare star | a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes |
Piedmont glacier Piedmont type of glacier | a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska, large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice |
character eccentric type case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
flare | am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) |
solar flare flare | a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface, associated with sunspots and radio interference |
flare | a sudden burst of flame |
refrigeration infrigidation | the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes |