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 |
rust mite | any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
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' |
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 |
white rust | fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia |
rust rust fungus | any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants |
flax rust flax rust fungus Melampsora lini | fungus causing flax rust |
blister rust Cronartium ribicola | fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host |
wheat rust Puccinia graminis | rust fungus that attacks wheat |
apple rust cedar-apple rust Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae | rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc |
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 |
rust rusting | the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water |
rust | a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems, caused by various rust fungi |
blister rust white-pine rust white pine blister rust | any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally |
rust inhibitor | antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust |
rust | a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture |
rust | become coated with oxide |
corrode rust | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid, The metal corroded, The pipes rusted |
corrode eat rust | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid, The acid corroded the metal, The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink |
rust rusty rust-brown | of the brown color of rust |
rust-red rusty-red | of a red color tinged with rust |
rust-colored | having the brown color of rust |
rust-free | free of rust |
rust-resistant | resistant to rust |