swan song last hurrah | a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) |
song strain | the act of singing, with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
song sparrow Melospiza melodia | small songbird common in North America |
song thrush mavis throstle Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
cover cover version cover song | a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else, they made a cover of a Beatles' song |
pedicab cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
siren call siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous, he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness |
Song of Songs Song of Solomon Canticle of Canticles Canticles | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later |
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
birdcall call birdsong song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird, a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age |
song and dance | theatrical performance combining singing and dancing |
theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie |
signature signature tune theme song | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio tv program |
religious song | religious music for singing |
song vocal | a short musical composition with words, a successful musical must have at least three good songs |
drinking song | a song celebrating the joys of drinking, sung at drinking parties |
folk song folksong folk ballad | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture |
love song love-song | a song about love or expressing love for another person |
scolion banquet song | a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet |
torch song | a popular song concerned with disappointment in love |
work song | a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work |
cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
song | a distinctive or characteristic sound, the song of bullets was in the air, the song of the wind, the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead |
business cycle trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
Sung Sung dynasty Song Song dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China fromto , noted for art and literature and philosophy |
cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
food web food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |
life cycle | a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage |
song | a very small sum, he bought it for a song |
carbon cycle | a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars |
carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
Krebs cycle Krebs citric acid cycle citric acid cycle tricarboxylic acid cycle | in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy |
life cycle | the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced |
nitrogen cycle | the circulation of nitrogen, nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil |
vicious circle vicious cycle | one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first |
hertz Hz cycle per second cycles second cps cycle | the unit of frequency, one hertz has a periodic interval of one second |
cycle rhythm round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs, the never-ending cycle of the seasons |
menstrual cycle | a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy, if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation, the average menstrual cycle is days |
cycle | recur in repeating sequences |
bicycle cycle bike pedal wheel | ride a bicycle |
motorbike motorcycle cycle | ride a motorcycle |
cycle | pass through a cycle, This machine automatically cycles |
cycle on | come to the starting point of a cycle |
cycle | cause to go through a recurring sequence, cycle the laundry in this washing program |