Affiliation
(n.) Adoption |
Affiliation
(n.) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage |
Affiliation
(n.) Connection in the way of descent. |
Case
(n.) A box, sheath, or covering |
Case
(n.) A box and its contents |
Case
(n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
Case
(n.) An inclosing frame |
Case
(n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
Case
(v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case |
Case
(v. t.) To strip the skin from |
Case
(n.) Chance |
Case
(n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens |
Case
(n.) A patient under treatment |
Case
(n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law |
Case
(n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension |
Case
(v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases. |
Case-bay
(n.) The space between two principals or girders |
Case-bay
(n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. |
Case knife
() A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
Case knife
() A large table knife |
Case shot
() A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Fly-case
(n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles. |
Lower-case
(a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case |
Maintenance
(n.) The act of maintaining |
Maintenance
(n.) That which maintains or supports |
Maintenance
(n.) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty. |
Support
(v. t.) To bear by being under |
Support
(v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character |
Support
(v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking |
Support
(v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor |
Support
(v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood |
Support
(v. t.) To carry on |
Support
(v. t.) To verify |
Support
(v. t.) To vindicate |
Support
(v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance |
Support
(v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant |
Support
(n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining. |
Support
(n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind. |
Support
(n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like |
documentation
support | documentary validation, his documentation of the results was excellent, the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones |
care
maintenance
upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
| scheduled maintenance | maintenance at a regularly scheduled time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
| trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss, a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case |
| maintenance criminal maintenance | the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community, unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit |
| support reinforcement reenforcement | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission, they called for artillery support |
| close support | close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit |
| direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
electronic warfare-support measures
ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
| support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
| affiliation | the act of becoming formally connected or joined, welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university |
lawsuit
suit
case
cause
causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy, the family brought suit against the landlord |
| antitrust case | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place |
| custody case | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
| support | aiding the cause or policy or interests of, the president no longer has the support of his own party, they developed a scheme of mutual support |
| support | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities, his support kept the family together, they gave him emotional support during difficult times |
sustenance
sustentation
sustainment
maintenance upkeep | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence, they were in want of sustenance, fishing was their main sustainment |
logistic support
logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
| integrated logistic support | the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation |
mutual aid
international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
interdepartmental support
interagency support | provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government |
| inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
wing case
elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
| arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
attache case
attache | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
| case | a portable container for carrying several objects, the musicians left their instrument cases backstage |
case display case
showcase
vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
case pillowcase
slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
case compositor's case
typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers, for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters |
| case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
| case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
case shot
canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
casing
case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening, the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced |
| cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes, can be carried in a purse or a pocket |
dispatch case
dispatch box | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables |
| dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
| glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles |
| gun case | a case for storing a gun |
| letter case | case for carrying letters |
life-support system
life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
| life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
overnighter
overnight bag
overnight case | a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight |
| packing box packing case | a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage |
pencil box
pencil case | a box for holding pencils |
| shell case casing | the housing or outer covering of something, the clock has a walnut case |
| support | any device that bears the weight of another thing, there was no place to attach supports for a shelf |