food
nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
group
grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
| group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
group therapy
group psychotherapy | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist, interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
| group participation | participation by all members of a group |
Adapid
Adapid group | extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, their descendents probably include the lemurs, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
Omomyid
Omomyid group | extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, probably gave rise to the tarsiers, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
| food fish | any fish used for food by human beings |
delicatessen
deli
food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
dumbwaiter
food elevator | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
food additive
artificial additive | an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life |
| food court | an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) |
| food processor | a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades, used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food |
| food hamper | a hamper for packing and transporting food |
grocery store
grocery
food market
market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
turner
food turner | cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle, used for turning or serving food |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A
type A
group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B
type B
group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB
type AB
group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O
type O
group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
linkage group
linked genes | any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together, the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups |
ABO blood group system
ABO system
ABO group | a classification system for the antigens of human blood, used in blood transfusion therapy, four groups are A and B and AB and O |
food
food for thought
intellectual nourishment | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking |
group
mathematical group | a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse |
| group theory | the branch of mathematics dealing with groups |
Abelian group
commutative group | a group that satisfies the commutative law |
| group dynamics | the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
conference
group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
food
solid food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment, food and drink |
| comfort food | food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing, typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking |
| fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
| finger food | food to be eaten with the fingers |
soft diet
pap
spoon food | a diet that does not require chewing, advised for those with intestinal disorders |
foodstuff
food product | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
coloring
colouring
food coloring
food colouring
food color
food colour | a digestible substance used to give color to food, food color made from vegetable dyes |
| food cache | food in a secure or hidden storage place |
fresh food
fresh foods | food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking |
frozen food
frozen foods | food preserved by freezing |
canned food
canned foods
canned goods
tinned goods | food preserved by canning |
dehydrated food
dehydrated foods | food preserved by dehydration |
| convenience food | any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
delicatessen
delicatessen food | ready-to-eat food products |
takeout
takeout food
takeaway | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises, in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
devil's food
devil's food cake | very dark chocolate cake |
angel cake
angel food cake | a light sponge cake made without egg yolks |
| health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
| junk food | food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value |