target practice | practice in shooting at targets |
firing range target range | a practice range for target practice |
target butt | sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at |
target acquisition system | a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
target cell | an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center, associated with anemia |
target organ | (radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance |
target cell | any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc. |
aim object objective target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable), the sole object of her trip was to see her children |
object language target language | the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated |
object program target program | a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer |
object language target language | a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated |
target mark | a reference point to shoot at, his arrow hit the mark |
blip pip radar target | a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
target company takeover target | a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
target target area | the location of the target that is to be hit |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
prey quarry target fair game | a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence, he fell prey to muggers, everyone was fair game, the target of a manhunt |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
water-shield Brasenia schreberi water-target | aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers, in lakes and slow-moving streams, suitable for aquariums |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
target aim a place direct point | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal, He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face, criticism directed at her superior, direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself |
true dead on target | accurately placed or thrown, his aim was true, he was dead on target |
target-hunting | guided automatically toward the target |