practice
pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior, it is their practice to give annual raises, they changed their dietary pattern |
trade
craft | the skilled practice of a practical occupation, he learned his trade as an apprentice |
| craft fair | a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale |
cabin cruiser
cruiser pleasure boat
pleasure craft | a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board |
| craft | a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space |
design
pattern
figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
fret Greek fret
Greek key
key pattern | an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief), there was a simple fret at the top of the walls |
| heavier-than-air craft | a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it |
| herringbone herringbone pattern | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way, it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery |
| landing craft | naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment |
| lighter-than-air craft | aircraft supported by its own buoyancy |
PT boat
mosquito boat
mosquito craft
motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
willowware
willow-pattern | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river |
| inheritance hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
craft
craftiness
cunning foxiness
guile slyness
wiliness b | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
craft craftsmanship
workmanship | skill in an occupation or trade |
convention
normal
pattern rule formula | something regarded as a normative example, the convention of not naming the main character, violence is the rule not the exception, his formula for impressing visitors |
melody
tonal pattern | the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes |
blueprint
design pattern | something intended as a guide for making something else, a blueprint for a house, a pattern for a skirt |
form
shape
pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
| pattern | a model considered worthy of imitation, the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics |
radiation pattern
radiation diagram
pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
| intonation pattern | intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements |
poetic rhythm
rhythmic pattern
prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
| accent speech pattern | distinctive manner of oral expression, he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent, she had a very clear speech pattern |
| craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
craft
trade | people who perform a particular kind of skilled work, he represented the craft of brewers, as they say in the trade |
traffic pattern
approach pattern
pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
| holding pattern | the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land |
Laney
Lucy Craft Laney | United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (-) |
| holding pattern | a state of inaction with no progress and no change, you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment |
male-patterned baldness
male pattern baldness | loss of hair on the crown of the head |
| pattern-bomb | bomb in certain patterns |
| craft | make by hand and with much skill, The artisan crafted a complicated tool |
| model pattern | plan or create according to a model or models |
| pattern | form a pattern, These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before |