sigmoidoscopy
flexible sigmoidoscopy | visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps |
hinge
flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
| semi-abstraction | a semiabstract painting |
| semi-detached house | a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side |
semitrailer
semi | a trailer having wheels only in the rear, the front is supported by the towing vehicle |
sigmoidoscope
flexible sigmoidoscope | an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon |
trailer truck
tractor trailer
trucking rig
rig articulated lorry
semi | a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
semifinal
semi | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament |
bittersweet chocolate
semi-sweet chocolate
dark chocolate | chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla, lecithin is usually added |
| semi-skimmed milk | milk from which some of the cream has been removed |
semi-automatize
semi-automatise | make semiautomatic, Can we semi-automatize the semantic tagging process? |
flexible
whippy | bending and snapping back readily without breaking |
semi-evergreen
half-evergreen | of a plant that is incompletely evergreen, it was evergreen where the weather was mild but deciduous in the rigorous parts of the range |
| flexible flexile | able to flex, able to bend easily, slim flexible birches |
| flexible | capable of being changed, flexible schedules |
compromising
conciliatory flexible | making or willing to make concessions, loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet |
elastic
flexible
pliable
pliant | able to adjust readily to different conditions, an adaptable person, a flexible personality, an elastic clause in a contract |
semiformal
semi-formal
black-tie | moderately formal, requiring a dinner jacket, he wore semiformal attire, a black-tie dinner |
| semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers |
| semi-erect | of plants that are partly erect |
| semi-upright | of animals that are partly erect |
| semi-prostrate | imperfectly prostrate, prostrate for part of its length, the semi-prostrate evergreen, purple heather |
| semi-processed | having been subjected to partial processing |
| semi-wild | partially wild |
| semi-dry | somewhat dry, swabbing left the deck semi-dry but still slippery |
| semi-tuberous | partly tuberous |