Assay
(n.) Trial |
Assay
(n.) Examination and determination |
Assay
(n.) Trial by danger or by affliction |
Assay
(n.) Tested purity or value. |
Assay
(n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy |
Assay
(n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed. |
Assay
(v.) To try |
Assay
(v.) To affect. |
Assay
(v.) To try tasting, as food or drink. |
Assay
(v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition. |
Assay
(v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor. |
Devil's darning-needle
() A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. |
Needle
(n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
Needle
(n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. |
Needle
(n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting |
Needle
(n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. |
Needle
(n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
Needle
(v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle |
Needle
(v. i.) To form needles |
Needle-pointed
(a.) Pointed as needles. |
Schwann's white substance
() The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Sea needle
() See Garfish (a). |
Substance
(n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations |
Substance
(n.) The most important element in any existence |
Substance
(n.) Body |
Substance
(n.) Material possessions |
Substance
(n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. |
Substance
(v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance |
Touch
(v. t.) To come in contact with |
Touch
(v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling. |
Touch
(v. t.) To come to |
Touch
(v. t.) To try |
Touch
(v. t.) To relate to |
Touch
(v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with |
Touch
(v. t.) To meddle or interfere with |
Touch
(v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of |
Touch
(v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches |
Touch
(v. t.) To infect |
Touch
(v. t.) To make an impression on |
Touch
(v. t.) To strike |
Touch
(v. t.) To perform, as a tune |
Touch
(v. t.) To influence by impulse |
Touch
(v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress. |
Touch
(v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree |
Touch
(v. t.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a. |
Touch
(a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease. |
Touch
(v. i.) To be in contact |
Touch
(v. i.) To fasten |
Touch
(v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner |
Touch
(v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. |
| substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists, DNA is the substance of our genes |
| substance | a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties, shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man |
touch
touching | the act of putting two things together with no space between them, at his touch the room filled with lights |
| touch football | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
| assay | a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components, frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. |
enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay
ELISA | an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria) |
substance abuse
drug abuse
habit | excessive use of drugs |
dragonfly
darning needle
devil's darning needle
sewing needle
snake feeder
snake doctor
mosquito hawk
skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
ball bearing
needle bearing
roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
| controlled substance | a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
crochet needle
crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
darning needle
embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
| hypodermic needle | a hollow needle |
| knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
| magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
| needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
| needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument |
| packing needle | a large needle used to sew up canvas packages |
phonograph needle
needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record |
psychoactive drug
mind-altering drug
consciousness-altering drug
psychoactive substance | a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions |
| sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
| Space Needle | a towerfeet tall in Seattle, a tourist attraction |
touch screen
touchscreen | a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen |
| upholstery needle | any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers |
| touch signature | a distinguishing style, this room needs a woman's touch |
| common touch | the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them) |
| touch | the feel of mechanical action, this piano has a wonderful touch |
| Midas touch | an ability to make and manage large amounts of money |
| body substance | the substance of the body |
| solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
liquid body substance
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
humour | the liquid parts of the body |
protoplasm
living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
hyaloplasm
ground substance | the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell |
grey matter
gray matter
grey substance
gray substance
substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
matrix intercellular substance
ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
| touch | deftness in handling matters, he has a master's touch |
finishing touch
capstone
copestone | a final touch, a crowning achievement, a culmination |
touch sense of touch
skin senses
touch modality
cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us |
tactual sensation tactility
touch perception
skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
touch touch sensation
tactual sensation
tactile sensation
feeling | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin, she likes the touch of silk on her skin, the surface had a greasy feeling |
assay
check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
diagnostic test
diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
bioassay
bio-assay | appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard |
immunoassay
immunochemical assay | identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen, PSA in the blood can be measured with an immunochemical assay |
| needle biopsy | biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle |
meaning
substance | the idea that is intended, What is the meaning of this proverb? |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
touch typing
touch system | typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys, typist can read and type at the same time |
message
content
subject matter
substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
authentication
hallmark
assay-mark | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity |