draft draught drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
casting lots drawing lots sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
drawing drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source, the drawing of water from the well |
lottery drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
drawing draftsmanship drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
layer | thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells |
germ layer | (embryology) any of the layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation |
layer | a hen that lays eggs |
cutaway cutaway drawing cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
delineation depiction limning line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
drafting board drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drafting table drawing table | a worktable with adjustable top |
drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines, drawings of abstract forms, he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
drawing chalk | colored chalks used by artists |
drawing room withdrawing room | a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained |
drawing room | a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
drawstring drawing string string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
layer bed | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance, slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach |
mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, |
schematic schematic drawing | diagram of an electrical or mechanical system |
thumbtack drawing pin pushpin | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board |
wash wash drawing | a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other |
drawing power | the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) |
stratum corneum corneum horny layer | the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
stratum germinativum stratum basale malpighian layer rete Malpighii | the innermost layer of the epidermis |
bulbar conjunctiva conjunctival layer of bulb tunica conjunctiva bulbi | the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea |
palpebra conjunctiva conjunctival layer of eyelids tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum | the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids, continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva |
membrane tissue layer | a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants |
level layer stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, a good actor communicates on several levels, a simile has at least two layers of meaning, the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
drawing | an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper, it is shown by the drawing in Fig. |
layer cake | cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting |
D-layer D region | the lowest region of the ionosphere ( tomiles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves |
Appleton layer F layer F region | the highest region of the ionosphere (fromto miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for longange radio transmission |
Heaviside layer Kennelly-Heaviside layer E layer E region | a region of the ionosphere (fromtomiles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length |
layer | a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
ozone layer ozonosphere | a layer in the stratosphere (at approximatelymiles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun |
drawing card draw attraction attractor attracter | an entertainer who attracts large audiences, he was the biggest drawing card they had |
boundary layer | the layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface |
special drawing rights paper gold | reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund, designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market |
drawing paper | paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting |
India ink drawing ink | a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing |
layer | make or form a layer, layer the different colored sands |