constitution establishment formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
formation shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
gall midge gallfly gall gnat | fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants |
gall wasp gallfly cynipid wasp cynipid gall wasp | small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants |
spruce gall aphid Adelges abietis | a variety of adelgid |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
crust gall impertinence impudence insolence cheekiness freshness | the trait of being rude and impertinent, inclined to take liberties |
gallbladder gall bladder | a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion |
bile gall | a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, aids in the digestion of fats |
reticular formation RF | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem, monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone |
back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
resentment bitterness gall rancor rancour | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit, a defensive formation, a formation of planes |
military formation | a formation of troops |
geological formation formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
lion's foot gall of the earth Nabalus serpentarius Prenanthes serpentaria | common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape, sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes |
inkberry gallberry gall-berry evergreen winterberry Ilex glabra | evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries |
gall | abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury |
formation | natural process that causes something to form, the formation of gas in the intestine, the formation of crystals, the formation of pseudopods |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
reaction formation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them, his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive |
gall | a skin sore caused by chafing |
saddle sore gall | an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle |
crown gall | a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground |
gall irk | irritate or vex, It galls me that we lost the suit |
chafe gall fret | become or make sore by or as if by rubbing |