natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
birth control birth prevention family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
berth bunk built in bed | a bed on a ship or train, usually in tiers |
bicycle-built-for-two tandem bicycle tandem | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats |
built-in bed | a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall |
custom-made custom-built | an item made to the customer's specifications |
soap powder built-soap powder washing powder | soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders |
spatial property spatiality | any property relating to or occupying space |
position spatial relation | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated, the position of the hands on the clock, he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage |
spacing spatial arrangement | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them |
planning preparation provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
Kepler's second law law of areas law of equal areas | a law concerning the speed at which planets travel, a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times, Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun |
urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
advisory board planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
preexistent pre-existent preexisting pre-existing | existing previously or before something, variations on pre-existent musical themes |
carvel-built | (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks |
clinker-built clincher-built lap-strake lap-straked lap-streak lap-streaked | having overlapping hull planks |
custom-built made-to-order | built for a particular individual |
existent existing | having existence or being or actuality, an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient, much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran |
built reinforced | (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness, the built liquid detergents |
built-in constitutional inbuilt inherent integral | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic, the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity, a constitutional inability to tell the truth |
existing | presently existing, the existing system |
existing | existing in something specified, depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream |
purpose-built purpose-made | designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose |
square-built | broad and solidly built |
built-up | peopled with settlers, the built-up areas |
jerry-built shoddy | of inferior workmanship and materials, mean little jerry-built houses |
spatial spacial | pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space, the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial one, spatial ability, spatial awareness, the spatial distribution of the population |