arterial blood gases | measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood, important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases |
greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum | whitefly that inhabits greenhouses |
Global Positioning System GPS | a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver |
greenhouse nursery glasshouse | a building with glass walls and roof, for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions |
warming pan | a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed |
transient global amnesia | memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons, characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours, person is otherwise alert and intellectually active |
kinetic theory kinetic theory of gases | (physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion |
world organization world organisation international organization international organisation global organization | an international alliance involving many different countries |
greenhouse effect greenhouse warming | warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere, caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth |
thaw thawing warming | warm weather following a freeze, snow and ice melt, they welcomed the spring thaw |
climate change global climate change | a change in the world's climate |
global warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) |
heating warming | the process of becoming warmer, a rising temperature |
global aphasia total aphasia | loss of all ability to communicate |
greenhouse gas greenhouse emission | a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation |
calefacient warming | producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body, a mustard plaster is calefacient |
global planetary world(a) worldwide world-wide | involving the entire earth, not limited or provincial in scope, global war, global monetary policy, neither national nor continental but planetary, a world crisis, of worldwide significance |
ball-shaped global globose globular orbicular spheric spherical | having the shape of a sphere or ball, a spherical object, nearly orbicular in shape, little globular houses like mud-wasp nests- Zane Grey |
warming | imparting heat, a warming fire |
greenhouse | of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases |