plastic surgery
reconstructive surgery
anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
| soil conservation | protection of soil against erosion or deterioration |
| film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
| plastic art | the arts of shaping or modeling, carving and sculpture |
| plastic bag | a bag made of thin plastic material |
| plastic bomb | a bomb made of plastic explosive |
plastic explosive
plastique | an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy |
| plastic laminate | a laminate made by bonding plastic layers |
| plastic wrap | wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic |
| soil pipe | drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc. |
| Free Soil Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, merged with the Liberty Party in |
| territory soil | the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state, American troops were stationed on Japanese soil |
| soil profile | a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock |
| soil horizon | a layer in a soil profile |
| land ground soil | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use), the land had never been plowed, good agricultural soil |
cosmetic surgeon
plastic surgeon | a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face) |
| soil bank | land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops, government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land |
credit card
charge card
charge plate
plastic | a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered, do you take plastic? |
| soil erosion | the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
dirt
filth grime
soil
stain
grease
grunge | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| plastic | generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives |
regur
regur soil | a rich black loam of India |
residual soil
residual clay | the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
topsoil
surface soil | the layer of soil on the surface |
| alluvial soil | a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
amino plastic
aminoplast
amino resin | a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds, used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles |
| bog soil | poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation |
| chernozemic soil | a rich black loam of Russia |
desert soil
desertic soil | a type of soil that develops in arid climates |
| soil dirt | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
| soil conditioner | a chemical substance used to improve the structure of the soil and increase its porosity, gypsum can be used as a soil conditioner |
| night soil | human excreta used as fertilizer |
| fluorocarbon plastic | a plastic made with fluorocarbon |
| gilgai soil | soil in the melon holes of Australia |
gumbo
gumbo soil | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |
leaf mold
leaf mould
leaf soil | soil composed mainly of decaying leaves |
phenolic plastic
phenolic urea | a plastic consisting of phenolic resins |
podzol
podzol soil
podsol
podsol soil
podsolic soil | a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation, an organic mat over a grey leached layer |
| prairie soil | a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates |
| tundra soil | a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions |
dirty
soil
begrime
grime
colly
bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty, don't soil your clothes when you play outside! |
formative shaping
plastic | forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning, a formative influence, a formative experience |
fictile
moldable
plastic | capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material), plastic substances such as wax or clay |
free-soil
slaveless
non-slave | where slavery was prohibited, a free-soil state |
| soil-building | (of crops) planted to improve the quality of the soil |
plastic
pliant | capable of being influenced or formed, the plastic minds of children, a pliant nature |