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 |
silkworm seed | eggs of a silkworm |
seed oyster | a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation |
seed shrimp mussel shrimp ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
seed beetle seed weevil | a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
semen seed seminal fluid ejaculate cum come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
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 |
source seed germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
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' |
seed catalog seed catalogue | a list advertising seeds and their prices |
seedcake seed cake | a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon |
sunflower oil sunflower-seed oil | oil from sunflower seeds |
caraway seed bread | bread containing caraway seeds |
edible seed | many are used as seasoning |
pumpkin seed | the edible seed of a pumpkin |
sunflower seed | edible seed of sunflowers, used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil |
canary seed | a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds |
cumin cumin seed | aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family |
coriander coriander seed | dried coriander seeds used whole or ground |
fennel seed | aromatic anis-scented seeds |
fenugreek fenugreek seed | aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry |
mustard seed | black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders |
anise aniseed anise seed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
sesame seed benniseed | small oval seeds of the sesame plant |
caraway seed | aromatic seeds of the caraway plant, used widely as seasoning |
poppy seed | small grey seed of a poppy flower, used whole or ground in baked items |
dill seed | seed of the dill plant used as seasoning |
celery seed | seed of the celery plant used as seasoning |
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 |
seeded player seed | one of the outstanding players in a tournament |
heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
fern seed | the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust, once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible |
spermatophyte phanerogam seed plant | plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores |
seed fern pteridosperm | an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) |
testa episperm seed coat | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants |
seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
pericarp seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
cotyledon seed leaf | embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants |
bonduc nut nicker nut nicker seed | hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree, used for making e.g. jewelry |
oilseed oilich seed | any of several seeds that yield oil |
groundsel tree groundsel bush consumption weed cotton-seed tree Baccharis halimifolia | a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies, fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts |
safflower seed | seed of the safflower |
dropseed drop-seed | a grass of the genus Sporobolus |