natural object | an object occurring naturally, not made by man |
natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
natural | (craps) a first roll of or that immediately wins the stake |
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 |
trailer truck tractor trailer trucking rig rig articulated lorry semi | a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
natural ability | ability that is inherited |
endowment gift talent natural endowment | natural abilities or qualities |
natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
law natural law | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
natural science | the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena |
physics natural philosophy r | the science of matter and energy and their interactions, his favorite subject was physics |
natural language processing NLP human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
natural theology | a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation |
natural language processor natural language processing application | an application program that deals with natural language text |
natural logarithm Napierian logarithm | a logarithm to the base e |
natural cancel | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat |
natural language tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community, opposed to e.g. a computer language |
happening occurrence occurrent natural event | an event that happens |
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 |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
covering natural covering cover | a natural object that covers or envelops, under a covering of dust, the fox was flushed from its cover |
enclosure natural enclosure | a naturally enclosed space |
natural depression depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation |
natural elevation elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation |
natural order | the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
natural | someone regarded as certain to succeed, he's a natural for the job |
naturalist natural scientist | a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) |
natural phenomenon | all phenomena that are not artificial |
natural resource natural resources | resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature |
natural childbirth | labor and childbirth without medical intervention, no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process, natural childbirth is considered the safest for the baby |
natural process natural action action activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings), the action of natural forces, volcanic activity |
survival survival of the fittest natural selection selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
natural number | the number and any other number obtained by adding to it repeatedly |
natural shape | a shape created by natural forces, not man-made |
wild natural state state of nature | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization, he lived in the wild, they collected mushrooms in the wild |
natural immunity innate immunity | immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup |
natural glass | magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly |
natural resin | a plant exudate |
natural fiber natural fibre | fiber derived from plants or animals |
natural gas gas | a fossil fuel in the gaseous state, used for cooking and heating homes |
rubber natural rubber India rubber gum elastic caoutchouc | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products |
semi-automatize semi-automatise | make semiautomatic, Can we semi-automatize the semantic tagging process? |
lifelike natural | free from artificiality, a lifelike pose, a natural reaction |
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 |