film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
film editing cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
starnose mole star-nosed mole Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
starfish sea star | echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
brittle star brittle-star serpent star | an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc |
basket star basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
feather star comatulid | free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms, found on muddy sea bottoms |
American flag Stars and Stripes Star-Spangled Banner Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
film | a thin coating or layer, the table was covered with a film of dust |
film photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives or transparencies |
film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
motion-picture film movie film cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
movie projector cine projector film projector | projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures |
orthochromatic film | a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light |
panchromatic film | photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) |
roll film | photographic film wound on a spool |
cling film clingfilm Saran Wrap | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself, used for wrapping food |
soap film | a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
star drill | a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry, it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows |
Xay film | photographic film used to make Xay pictures |
star topology star | the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub |
astrology star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
film cinema celluloid | a medium that disseminates moving pictures, theater pieces transferred to celluloid, this story would be good cinema, film coverage of sporting events |
a movie film picture moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
feature feature film | the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater, the feature tonight is `Casablanca' |
collage film | a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage |
documentary docudrama documentary film infotainment | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event |
film noir | a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters, film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the s |
pilot program pilot film pilot | a program exemplifying a contemplated series, intended to attract sponsors |
film clip | a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast |
Silver Star Medal Silver Star | a United States military decoration for gallantry in action |
Bronze Star Medal Bronze Star | a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight) |
asterisk star | a star-shaped character * used in printing |
Star of David Shield of David Magen David Mogen David Solomon's seal | a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles, an emblem symbolizing Judaism |
star chart | a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky |
The Star-Spangled Banner | a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of was set to music and adopted by Congress in as the national anthem of the United States |
star shell | an artillery shell containing an illuminant |
carambola star fruit | deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit, used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert |
Chinese anise star anise star aniseed | anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine |
film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
film industry movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
Star Chamber | a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments |
sign of the zodiac star sign sign mansion house planetary house | (astrology) one of equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
Minnesota Gopher State North Star State MN | a midwestern state |
Texas Lone-Star State TX | the second largest state, located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
binary star binary double star | a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation |
evening star Hesperus Vesper | a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky |