Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame |
Backbone (n.) Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone. |
Backbone (n.) Firmness |
Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame (v. t.) To originate |
Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame (v. t.) To cause |
Frame (v. t.) To support. |
Frame (v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame (v. i.) To shape |
Frame (v. i.) To proceed |
Frame (n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame (n.) The bodily structure |
Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame (n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame (n.) Form |
Frame (n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame (n.) Contrivance |
-type (n.) A combining form signifying impressed form |
Type (n.) The mark or impression of something |
Type (n.) Form or character impressed |
Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come |
Type (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities |
Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals |
Type (n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy |
Type (n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. |
Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. |
Type (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively |
Type (v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand |
Type (v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of |
Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power. |
Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing. |
Woodbury-type (n.) A print from such a plate. |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
frame-up setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
backbone | the part of a network that connects other networks together, the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
frame framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
skeleton skeletal frame frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
spine backbone | the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved, the title and author were printed on the spine of the book |
spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
tambour embroidery frame embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
walker Zimmer Zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles, helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
window frame | the framework that supports a window |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
backbone grit guts moxie sand gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
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 |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
skeletal system skeleton frame systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
spinal column vertebral column spine backbone back rachis | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord, the fall broke his back |
frame of reference frame | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning |
anchor mainstay keystone backbone linchpin lynchpin | a central cohesive source of support and stability, faith is his anchor, the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money, he is the linchpin of this firm |
coordinate system frame of reference reference system reference frame | a system that uses coordinates to establish position |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
inertial reference frame inertial frame | a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid |
frame | an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
frame | a single drawing in a comic strip |