carpet bombing
area bombing
saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
camping
encampment
bivouacking
tenting | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp |
blastoderm
germinal disc
blastodisc
germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
| tent caterpillar | the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees |
forest tent caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent, serious defoliator of deciduous trees |
| area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
backpacking tent
pack tent | a tent that can be carried in a backpack |
| bell tent | a bell-shaped tent |
breakfast area
breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
canvas tent
canvas canvass | a tent made of canvas fabric |
cargo area
cargo deck
cargo hold
hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
circus tent
big top
round top
top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
| cottage tent | a tent providing shelter for a family |
| dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
equal-area projection
equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
| field tent | a canvas tent for use in the field |
| fly tent | a tent with a fly front |
launching pad
launchpad
launch pad
launch area
pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
| lean-to tent | tent that is attached to the side of a building |
local area network
LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
lounge
waiting room
waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
| mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
| petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
| pop tent | a small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
pup tent
shelter tent | a wedge-shaped tent, usually without a floor or windows |
| pyramidal tent | a large tent shaped like a pyramid, can hold half a dozen people |
seating
seats
seating room
seating area | an area that includes places where several people can sit, there is seating forstudents in this classroom |
| Sibley tent | a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top |
tent
collapsible shelter | a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs), he pitched his tent near the creek |
tent-fly
rainfly
fly sheet
fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
| tent peg | a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent |
tupik
tupek
sealskin tent | tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling |
| two-man tent | a tent designed for occupancy by two persons |
| umbrella tent | a small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs |
| wall tent | a canvas tent with four vertical walls |
wide area network
WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
wireless local area network
WLAN
wireless fidelity
WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
area
expanse
surface area | the extent of a -dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary, the area of a rectangle, it was about square feet in area |
acreage
land area | an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming), he wanted some acreage to build on |
area
region | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve, in the abdominal region |
| area of cardiac dullness | a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion), corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs |
macula
macula lutea
macular area
yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
pyriform area
piriform area
pyriform lobe
piriform lobe | pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon |
cortical area
cortical region | any of various regions of the cerebral cortex |
association area
association cortex | cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information |
auditory area
auditory cortex | the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body |
Broca's area
Broca's center
Broca's gyrus
Broca's convolution
convolution of Broca | the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people |