form
(n.) A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc. |
Form
(n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed |
Form
(n.) Constitution |
Form
(n.) Established method of expression or practice |
Form
(n.) Show without substance |
Form
(n.) Orderly arrangement |
Form
(n.) A shape |
Form
(n.) That by which shape is given or determined |
Form
(n.) A long seat |
Form
(n.) The seat or bed of a hare. |
Form
(n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase. |
Form
(n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. |
Form
(n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech |
Form
(n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. |
Form
(n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is |
Form
(n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect |
Form
(n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others |
Form
(n.) To give form or shape to |
Form
(n.) To give a particular shape to |
Form
(n.) To go to make up |
Form
(n.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9. |
Form
(n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes. |
Form
(v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement |
Form
(v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare. |
Kidney-form
(a.) Alt. of Kidney-shaped |
Principal
(a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree |
Principal
(a.) Of or pertaining to a prince |
Principal
(n.) A leader, chief, or head |
Principal
(n.) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory. |
Principal
(n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety. |
Principal
(n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent. |
Principal
(n.) A thing of chief or prime importance |
Principal
(n.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund |
Principal
(n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing. |
Principal
(n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason. |
Principal
(n.) A heirloom |
Principal
(n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. |
Principal
(n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned. |
Principal
(n.) A principal or essential point or rule |
Re-form
(v. t. & i.) To give a new form to |
shape
form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance, geometry is the mathematical science of shape |
| form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
| form | a mold for setting concrete, they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation |
mannequin
manikin
mannikin
manakin
form | a life-size dummy used to display clothes |
form
shape cast | the visual appearance of something or someone, the delicate cast of his features |
| good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time, it is not good form to brag about winning |
| form | a particular mode in which something is manifested, his resentment took the form of extreme hostility |
shape
form configuration
contour
conformation | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline), he could barely make out their shapes |
| form | an ability to perform well, he was at the top of his form, the team was off form last night |
| life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
kind
sort
form variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality, sculpture is a form of art, what kinds of desserts are there? |
| art form | (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) |
form
shape
pattern | a perceptual structure, the composition presents problems for students of musical form, a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them |
| sonata form | a musical form having sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation, characteristic of st movement of a sonata or symphony |
principal axis
optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
form
word form
signifier
descriptor | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something, the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached |
plural
plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
singular
singular form | the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton |
citation form
main entry word
entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
free morpheme
free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
bound morpheme
bound form | a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction, eg an -s at the end of plural nouns |
| combining form | a bound form used only in compounds, `hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology' |
part of speech
form class
word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
| major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
transitive verb
transitive verb form
transitive | a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical |
doubly transitive verb
doubly transitive verb form | a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object |
intransitive verb
intransitive verb form
intransitive | a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object |
title title of respect
form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
poem
verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
| form | a printed document with spaces in which to write, he filled out his tax form |
| application form | a form to use when making an application |
| claim form | a form to use when filing a claim |
| order form | a form to use when placing an order |
| requisition requisition form | an official form on which a request in made, first you have to fill out the requisition |
| tax form | a form to use when paying your taxes |
| telegraph form | a form to use when sending a telegram |
| form letter | a letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients |
| form | an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse, the essay was in the form of a dialogue, he first sketches the plot in outline form |
wave form
waveform
wave shape | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time |
| form family | (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure |
| form genus | (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure |
form variant
strain var. | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups, a new strain of microorganisms |
| form division | an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure |
class form
grade
course | a body of students who are taught together, early morning classes are always sleepy |
main diagonal
principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
political system
form of government | the members of a social organization who are in power |
| principal dealer | the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange, buys and sells for his own account |
principal
school principal
head teacher
head | the educator who has executive authority for a school, she sent unruly pupils to see the principal |
| principal | (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement |