culture | the raising of plants or animals, the culture of oysters |
cranberry culture | the cultivation of cranberries |
drip culture | a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing |
culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar), the culture of cells in a Petri dish |
silk gland serictery sericterium | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders |
dress hat high hat opera hat silk hat stovepipe top hat topper beaver | a man's hat with a tall crown, usually covered with silk or with beaver fur |
moire watered-silk | silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern |
nylons nylon stocking rayons rayon stocking silk stocking | women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) |
silk | a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae |
silkscreen silk screen print serigraph | a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil |
culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group |
mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
acculturation culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization, the developing drug culture, the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture |
Kalashnikov culture | the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms, the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan |
mosaic culture | a highly diverse culture, the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts |
culture civilization civilisation | a particular society at a particular time and place, early Mayan civilization |
youth culture | young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture |
Aegean civilization Aegean civilisation Aegean culture | the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries, by BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery |
Helladic civilization Helladic civilisation Helladic culture | the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished - BC |
Minoan civilization Minoan civilisation Minoan culture | the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished - BC |
Cycladic civilization Cycladic civilisation Cycladic culture Cyclades | the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished - BC |
Mycenaean civilization Mycenaean civilisation Mycenaean culture | the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished - BC |
Paleo-American culture Paleo-Amerind culture Paleo-Indian culture | the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America |
Clovis culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony |
Folsom culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf |
Western culture Western civilization | the modern culture of western Europe and North America, when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea |
Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (, miles), followed by Marco Polo in the th century to reach Cathay |
silk tree Albizia julibrissin Albizzia julibrissin | attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens |
mountain rice silkgrass silk grass Indian millet Oryzopsis hymenoides | valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico |
cornsilk corn silk | each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn |
Jamaican cherry calabur tree calabura silk wood silkwood Muntingia calabura | a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit, bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves |
silk oak | any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering |
ramie ramee Chinese silk plant China grass Boehmeria nivea | tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves, cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax |
silk vine Periploca graeca | deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits, cultivated for its dark shining foliage, southeastern Europe to Asia Minor |
polish refinement culture cultivation finish | a highly developed state of perfection, having a flawless or impeccable quality, they performed with great polish, I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad |
culture medium medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
kapok silk cotton vegetable silk | a plant fiber from the kapok tree, used for stuffing and insulation |
red silk cotton | a plant fiber from the red silkotton tree of eastern India, inferior to kapok |
silk | animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders |
prehistory prehistoric culture | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
culture | grow in a special preparation, the biologist grows microorganisms |
silk-lined | having a silk lining |