Air plant
() A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Area
(n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure |
Area
(n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. |
Area
(n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. |
Area
(n.) An extent of surface |
Area
(n.) The superficial contents of any figure |
Area
(n.) A spot or small marked space |
Area
(n.) Extent |
Distribution
(n.) The act of distributing or dispensing |
Distribution
(n.) Separation into parts or classes |
Distribution
(n.) That which is distributed. |
Distribution
(n.) A resolving a whole into its parts. |
Distribution
(n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases. |
Distribution
(n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston |
Dove plant
() A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Flax-plant
(n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Ice plant
() A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Plant
(n.) A vegetable |
Plant
(n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant
(n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant
(n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant
(n.) A plan |
Plant
(n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant
(n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant
(n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant
(n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
Plant
(n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants |
Plant
(n.) To engender |
Plant
(n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population |
Plant
(n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of |
Plant
(n.) To set firmly |
Plant
(n.) To set up |
Plant
(v. i.) To perform the act of planting. |
Plant-cane
(n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. |
Plant-eating
(a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants |
Species
(n.) Visible or sensible presentation |
Species
(n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name |
Species
(n.) In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation. |
Species
(n.) A sort |
Species
(n.) Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium |
Species
(n.) A public spectacle or exhibition. |
Species
(n.) A component part of compound medicine |
Species
(n.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind |
Species
(n.) The form or shape given to materials |
Study
(v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject |
Study
(v. i.) Mental occupation |
Study
(v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied |
Study
(v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. |
Study
(v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker |
Study
(v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude. |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
double-blind procedure
double-blind experiment
double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
| plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
| survey study | a detailed critical inspection |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
| case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
course course of study
course of instruction
class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
| directed study | a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject, he registered for directed study, he got credit for directed study, he did directed study |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
| home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
carpet bombing
area bombing
saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
| distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
| distribution | the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer |
distribution channel
channel | a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors, possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores |
| plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
| bacteria species | a species of bacteria |
blastoderm
germinal disc
blastodisc
germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
leaf bug
plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug
four-lined leaf bug
Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug
Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse
louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid
woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse
psylla
psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper
planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
| area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function, the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants |
| assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
| bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
breakfast area
breakfast nook | a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen), the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats |
cargo area
cargo deck
cargo hold
hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
| chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
| dining area | an area arranged for dining, they put up tents for the dining area |
| electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
equal-area projection
equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
factory
mill manufacturing plant
manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
heating system
heating plant
heating
heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
launching pad
launchpad
launch pad
launch area
pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
local area network
LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
lounge
waiting room
waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
packinghouse
packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
| periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
| plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
power station
power plant
powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
seating
seats
seating room
seating area | an area that includes places where several people can sit, there is seating forstudents in this classroom |
sewage disposal plant
disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
sketch
study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration, he made several studies before starting to paint |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
| study | a room used for reading and writing and studying, he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study |