mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
skin diving skin-dive | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel |
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 |
climbing salamander | any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes |
hide pelt skin | body covering of a living animal |
climbing perch Anabas testudineus A. testudineus | a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air, has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land |
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 |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
crampon crampoon climbing iron climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
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 |
touring car phaeton tourer | large open car seating four with folding top |
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 |
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 |
climb climbing mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
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 |
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 |
skin effect | the tendency of high-frequency alternating current to distribute near the surface of a conductor |
climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata Fumaria claviculata | annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers |
climbing fumitory Allegheny vine Adlumia fungosa Fumaria fungosa | vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers, sometimes placed in genus Fumaria |
climbing hempweed climbing boneset wild climbing hempweed climbing hemp-vine Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
climbing onion Bowiea volubilis | much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs |
gloriosa glory lily climbing lily creeping lily Gloriosa superba | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia, a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers, all parts are poisonous |
bittersweet American bittersweet climbing bittersweet false bittersweet staff vine waxwork shrubby bittersweet Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
climbing hydrangea Hydrangea anomala | deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads |
climbing hydrangea Hydrangea petiolaris | deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads |
climbing hydrangea Schizophragma hydrangeoides | climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes, Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan |
bittersweet bittersweet nightshade climbing nightshade deadly nightshade poisonous nightshade woody nightshade Solanum dulcamara | poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coraled berries, widespread weed in North America |
climbing fern | any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining |
climbing maidenhair climbing maidenhair fern snake fern Lygodium microphyllum | tropical fern widespread in Old World, naturalized in Jamaica and Florida |
climbing bird's nest fern Microsorium punctatum | tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia |
skin | a person's skin regarded as their life, he tried to save his skin |