skin diving
skin-dive | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel |
butterfly
butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
skin care
skincare | care for the skin |
galvanic skin response
GSR
psychogalvanic response
electrodermal response
electrical skin response
Fere phenomenon
Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
pilomotor reflex
gooseflesh
goose bump
goosebump
goose pimple
goose skin
horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
| butterfly ray | a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
hide
pelt
skin | body covering of a living animal |
| butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly
brush-footed butterfly
four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
mourning cloak
mourning cloak butterfly
Camberwell beauty
Nymphalis antiopa | of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with yellow borders |
| tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly | brilliantly colored, larvae feed on nettles |
ringlet
ringlet butterfly | any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
comma
comma butterfly
Polygonia comma | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
emperor butterfly
emperor | large richly colored butterfly |
peacock peacock butterfly
Inachis io | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
danaid
danaid butterfly | large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
monarch
monarch butterfly
milkweed butterfly
Danaus plexippus | large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings, the larvae feed on milkweed |
pierid
pierid butterfly | any of numerous paleolored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs |
| cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly
Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
sulphur butterfly
sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lycaenid
lycaenid butterfly | any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
hairstreak
hairstreak butterfly | small butterflies having striped markings under the wings |
| butterfly fish | small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins, found worldwide |
| thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
| artificial skin | a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
| butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
| skin | an outer surface (usually thin), the skin of an airplane |
| skin | a bag serving as a container for liquids, it is made from the hide of an animal |
transdermal patch
skin patch | a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream |
waterskin
water skin | a container of skin for holding water |
wing nut
wing-nut
wing screw
butterfly nut
thumbnut | a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning |
complexion
skin color
skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
skin
tegument
cutis | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch, your skin is the largest organ of your body |
| skin graft | a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn |
| skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
touch sense of touch
skin senses
touch modality
cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us |
tactual sensation tactility
touch perception
skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
cutaneous sensation
haptic sensation
skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
| skin test | any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin |
tuberculin test
tuberculin skin test | a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium, based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin |
| skin flick | a pornographic movie |
potato skin
potato peel
potato peelings | crisp fried potato peeling |
peel
skin | the rind of a fruit or vegetable |
banana peel
banana skin | the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded), he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell |
dermatologist
skin doctor | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin |
lepidopterist
lepidopterologist
butterfly collector | an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths |
skin-diver
aquanaut | an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder |
thin person
skin and bones
scrag | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
| butterfly effect | the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago |