grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
texture grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance), breadfruit has the same texture as bread, sand of a fine grain, fish with a delicate flavor and texture, a stone of coarse grain |
grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric, saw the board across the grain |
wood grain woodgrain woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood |
grain | the smallest possible unit of anything, there was a grain of truth in what he said, he does not have a grain of sense |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
feed grain | grain grown for cattle feed |
grain food grain cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
grainfield grain field | a field where grain is grown |
grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance, a grain of sand, a grain of sugar |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
grain merchant | a merchant who deals in food grains |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
grain sorghum | any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain |
grain | a cereal grass, wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas |
emmer starch wheat two-grain spelt Triticum dicoccum | hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany, in United States as stock feed |
grain caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn |
mission bells rice-grain fritillary Fritillaria affinis Fritillaria lanceolata Fritillaria mutica | herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
seed corn seed grain | good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
grain | pound, equals a troy grain or . milligrams |
grain | dram, equals an avoirdupois grain or . milligrams |
grain metric grain | a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds:mg or carat |
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 |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
ethyl alcohol ethanol fermentation alcohol grain alcohol | the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors, used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel, proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
grain | the side of leather from which the hair has been removed |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
granulate grain | become granular |
granulate grain | form into grains |
grain | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood |
ingrain grain | thoroughly work in, His hands were grained with dirt |