Air plant
() A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Amber room
() A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. |
By-room
(n.) A private room or apartment. |
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 |
Drawing-room
(n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room
(n.) The company assembled in such a room |
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 |
Mixture
(n.) The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed |
Mixture
(n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together |
Mixture
(n.) An ingredient entering into a mixed mass |
Mixture
(n.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients |
Mixture
(n.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled |
Mixture
(n.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops |
Perfume
(v. t.) To fill or impregnate with a perfume |
Perfume
(v.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance |
Perfume
(v.) A substance that emits an agreeable odor. |
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 |
Potpourri
(n.) A medley or mixture. |
Potpourri
(n.) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together. |
Potpourri
(n.) A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room. |
Potpourri
(n.) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together |
Potpourri
(n.) A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection. |
Room
(n.) Unobstructed spase |
Room
(n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy |
Room
(n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition |
Room
(n.) Place or position in society |
Room
(n.) Possibility of admission |
Room
(v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms |
Room
(a.) Spacious |
Sea room
() Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. |
Tiring-room
(n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage. |
Water plant
() A plant that grows in water |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
mix
commixture
admixture
mixture
intermixture
mixing | the act of mixing together, paste made by a mix of flour and water, the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio |
| plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
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 |
| adjoining room | a hotel room that shares a wall with another hotel room |
| assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
| back room | a room located in the rear of an establishment, usually accessible only to privileged groups |
bedroom
sleeping room
sleeping accommodation
chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
bedsitting room
bedsitter
bedsit | a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) |
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard parlor
billiard parlour
billiard hall | a room in which billiards is played |
| Bordeaux mixture | antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime |
| bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
| chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
| child's room | a bedroom for a child |
clean room
white room | a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria, used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment |
| common room | a sitting room (usually at school or university) |
| conference room | a room in which a conference can be held |
| connecting room | a hotel room that shares a wall with an adjoining room and is connected by a private door |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| cutting room | a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
dining room
diningoom | a room used for dining |
doorway
door room access
threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
dormitory dormitory room
dorm room | a large sleeping room containing several beds |
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 |
| dressing room | a room in which you can change clothes |
| electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
emergency room
ER | a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment |
engineering
engine room | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
| explosive mixture | a mixture that is explosive |
factory
mill manufacturing plant
manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
| family room | a recreation room in a private house |
| furnace room | a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building |
| gun room | military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship |
heating system
heating plant
heating
heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
home room
homeroom | a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business |
| hospital room | a room in a hospital for the care of patients |
| hotel room | a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel |
ladies' room
powder room | a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building |
| laminar flow clean room | a clean room free of all extraneous particles, used in fabricating microprocessors |
| lecture room | classroom where lectures are given |
living room
livingoom
sitting room
front room
parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
| locker room | a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions |