function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
| role | normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting, what is your role on the team? |
| gender role | the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness, your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity |
delinquency
juvenile delinquency | an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor |
fisherman's knot
true lover's knot truelove knot | a knot for tying the ends of two lines together |
love knot
lovers' knot
lover's knot
true lovers' knot
true lover's knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug
slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
| juvenile wart | a small benign growth on the faces of hands of children |
body type
somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type
ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy
pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type
mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
function
purpose
role
use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
| juvenile body | the body of a young person |
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 |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
| type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
character role
theatrical role
part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part
minor role | a small role |
title role
name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
type specimen
holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
semantic role
participant role | (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause |
affected role
patient role
patient | the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
agentive role
agent | the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
benefactive role
beneficiary | the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
instrumental role
instrument | the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |
locative role
locative | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb |
recipient role
recipient | the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
resultant role
result | the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause |
temporal role
temporal | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb |
| type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
| type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
| type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type
roman letters
roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| premiere | the first public performance of a play or movie |
| world premiere | (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world |
| type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
| type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
| type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
| juvenile court | a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children |