| specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
| Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
| classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort |
pilot project
pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
undertaking
project
task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
| Manhattan Project | code name for the secret United States project set up in to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease, quinine is a specific for malaria |
| specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
particular
specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general), he always reasons from the particular to the general |
project
projection | a planned undertaking |
| Manhattan Project | a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II |
housing project
public housing | a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families |
| specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
prostate specific antigen
PSA | a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely, elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer |
project
propose | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc., He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism, She proposed a new theory of relativity |
project externalize
externalise | regard as objective |
| project | communicate vividly, He projected his feelings |
| project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another |
project
send off | throw, send, or cast forward, project a missile |
| project cast contrive throw | put or send forth, She threw the flashlight beam into the corner, The setting sun threw long shadows, cast a spell, cast a warm light |
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 |
plan
project contrive design | make or work out a plan for, devise, They contrived to murder their boss, design a new sales strategy, plan an attack |
| project | draw a projection of |
| project | project on a screen, The images are projected onto the screen |
| project | cause to be heard, His voice projects well |
stick out protrude
jut out
jut
project | extend out or project in space, His sharp nose jutted out, A single rock sticks out from the cliff |
| specific | stated explicitly or in detail, needed a specific amount |
| specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique, rules with specific application, demands specific to the job, a specific and detailed account of the accident |
| specific | being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition, used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides, quinine is highly specific for malaria, a specific remedy, a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements |
| specific | relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species, specific characters |