trench warfare | a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other, instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare |
trench warfare | a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win, the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare |
approach trench communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
fire trench | a trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire |
mortar howitzer trench mortar | a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range |
n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
slit trench | narrow trench for shelter in battle |
trench | a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth |
trench | any long ditch cut in the ground |
trench coat | a military style raincoat, belted with deep pockets |
trench knife | a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
Alpine glacier Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
Atacama Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile |
Bougainville Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands |
Japan Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of , feet |
Piedmont glacier Piedmont type of glacier | a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska, large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice |
trench deep oceanic abyss | a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor |
character eccentric type case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
d type II diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes ketosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketosisesistant diabetes ketoacidosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketoacidosisesistant diabetes adult-onset diabetes mellitus adult-onset diabetes maturity-onset diabetes mellitus maturity-onset diabetes mature-onset diabetes | mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults, can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors, can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin |
Vincent's angina Vincent's infection trench mouth | an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane |
trench fever | marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice |
trench foot immersion foot | resembling frostbite but without freezing, resulting from exposure to cold and wet |
catatonic schizophrenia catatonic type schizophrenia catatonia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods, the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement |
hebephrenia hebephrenic schizophrenia disorganized schizophrenia disorganized type schizophrenia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior, usually becomes evident during puberty, the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions |