photography picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming cinematography motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
Chinese puzzle | intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
Identikit Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
jigsaw puzzle | a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces |
kinescope picture tube television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
motion-picture camera movie camera cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film movie film cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
painting picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
photograph photo exposure picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
picture image icon ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
puzzle | a game that tests your ingenuity |
roentgenogram X ray Xay Xay picture Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
stereo stereoscopic picture stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
video picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
a movie film picture moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
silent movie silent picture silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
talking picture talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
puzzle puzzler mystifier teaser | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution, he loved to solve chessmate puzzles, that's a real puzzler |
crossword puzzle crossword | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle |
picture pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
word picture word-painting delineation depiction picture characterization characterisation | a graphic or vivid verbal description, too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures, the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland, the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |
moviegoer motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
monkey puzzle chile pine Araucaria araucana | large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts |
picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting, coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work |
picture scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
grok get the picture comprehend savvy dig grasp compass apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
puzzle over | try to solve |
perplex vex stick get a puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound ca | be a mystery or bewildering to, This beats me!, Got me--I don't know the answer!, a vexing problem, This question really stuck me |
solve work out figure out puzzle out lick work d | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of, did you solve the problem?, Work out your problems with the boss, this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out, did you get it?, Did you get my meaning?, He could not work the math problem |
suggest evoke paint a picture | call to mind, this remark evoked sadness |
visualize visualise envision project fancy see figure picture image | imagine, conceive of, see in one's mind, I can't see him on horseback!, I can see what will happen, I can see a risk in this strategy |
picture depict render show | show in, or as in, a picture, This scene depicts country life, the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting |
puzzle | be uncertain about, think about without fully understanding or being able to decide, We puzzled over her sudden departure |