| close supporting fire | fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it |
| deep supporting fire | fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications |
| direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
| supporting fire | fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat |
| support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
defensive structure
defense
defence | a structure used to defend against attack, the artillery battered down the defenses |
megalith
megalithic structure | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
| supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something |
| supporting tower | a tower that serves to support something |
| structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, artists must study the structure of the human body, the structure of the benzene molecule |
body
organic structure
physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being), he felt as if his whole body were on fire |
structure
anatomical structure
complex body part
bodily structure
body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
tube
tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
| vascular structure | a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels |
muscular structure
musculature
muscle system | the muscular system of an organism |
| neural structure | a structure that is part of the nervous system |
| cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage |
horny structure
unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
| skeletal structure | any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
| structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations, his lectures have no structure |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
syntax sentence structure
phrase structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
morphology sound structure
syllable structure
word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
| ensemble supporting players | a cast other than the principals |
hierarchy power structure
pecking order | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
| class structure | the organization of classes within a society |
social organization
social organisation
social structure
social system
structure | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships, the social organization of England and America is very different, sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family |
| fine structure | the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements, the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels |
| reproductive structure | the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
plant part
plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus |
| structure | give a structure to, I need to structure my days |
load-bearing(a)
supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
| self-supporting | financially independent, now that my children are self-supporting |
encouraging
supporting | furnishing support and encouragement, the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher |