Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation. |
Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis) |
Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Experimental (a.) Pertaining to experiment |
Experimental (a.) Known by, or derived from, experience |
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel |
Pilot (n.) Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees. |
Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide |
Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error. |
Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive. |
Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous. |
Pilot (v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties. |
Plant (n.) A vegetable |
Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant (n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant (n.) A plan |
Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
Plant (n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants |
Plant (n.) To engender |
Plant (n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population |
Plant (n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of |
Plant (n.) To set firmly |
Plant (n.) To set up |
Plant (v. i.) To perform the act of planting. |
Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. |
Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants |
Test (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. |
Test (n.) Examination or trial by the cupel |
Test (n.) Means of trial |
Test (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness |
Test (n.) Discriminative characteristic |
Test (n.) Judgment |
Test (n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate |
Testing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Test |
Test (v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel |
Test (v. t.) To put to the proof |
Test (v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent |
Test (n.) A witness. |
Test (v. i.) To make a testament, or will. |
Test (n.) Alt. of Testa |
Testing (n.) The act of testing or proving |
Testing (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel |
Water plant () A plant that grows in water |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
experimental procedure | the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
examination testing | the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
testing | the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works, they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons |
testing | an examination of the characteristics of something, there are laboratories for commercial testing, it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT MOT test Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
pilot project pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test projective device projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach Rorschach test inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
black rat snake blacksnake pilot blacksnake mountain blacksnake Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
pilot whale black whale common blackfish blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
autopilot automatic pilot robot pilot | a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
fender buffer cowcatcher pilot | an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
Jacob's ladder jack ladder pilot ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps |
naval chart navigational chart pilot chart | a chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditions |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
pilot balloon | meteorological balloon used to observe air currents |
pilot bit | a small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drill |
pilot boat | a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships |
pilot burner pilot light pilot | small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner |