induction of labor | (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac |
contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
contraction muscular contraction muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
uterine contraction | a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal |
Braxton-Hicks contraction false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
Secretary of Labor Labor Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Labor, the post of Labor Secretary was created in |
Secretary of Commerce and Labor | head of a former executive department created inand divided into two departments in |
labor labour toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages), his labor did not require a great deal of skill |
manual labor manual labour | labor done with the hands |
striving nisus pains strain | an effortful attempt to attain a goal |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
labor of love labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers |
labor camp labour camp | a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor |
growing pains | problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) |
contraction | a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds, `won't' is a contraction of `will not', `o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock' |
labor contract labor agreement collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
compression condensation contraction | the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together, the contraction of a gas on cooling |
growing pains | emotional distress arising during adolescence |
Kurdistan Workers Party Kurdistan Labor Pary Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan PPK | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey |
National Labor Relations Board NLRB | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions |
Department of Labor Labor Department Labor DoL | the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States, created in |
Department of Commerce and Labor | a former executive department of the United States government, created inand split into two departments in |
labor labour working class proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
labor force labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired |
organized labor | employees who are represented by a labor union |
union labor union trade union trades union brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
American Federation of Labor AFL | a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
American Labor Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party |
Farmer-Labor Party | a former minor political party in the United States in the early th century |
labor party labour party | a left-ofenter political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
Australian Labor Party | the oldest political party in Australia, founded in , the party is moderately liberal |
British Labour Party Labour Party Labour Labor | a political party formed in Great Britain in , characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries |
Socialist Labor Party | a political party in the United States, formed in to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism |
International Labor Organization International Labour Organization ILO | the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor |
labor movement trade union movement labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
labor coach birthing coach doula monitrice | an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
labor leader | a leader of a labor movement |
organizer organiser labor organizer | someone who enlists workers to join a union |
premature baby preterm baby premature infant preterm infant preemie premie | an infant that is born prior to weeks of gestation |
Secretary of Labor Labor Secretary | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor, the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson |
labor resources | resources of available manpower |
premature ejaculation | ejaculation during the early stages of sexual excitement or soon after the insertion of the penis into the vagina |
bonded labor | a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt, the practice is illegal in the United States |
premature labor premature labour | labor beginning prior to the th week of gestation |
parturiency labor labour confinement lying-in travail childbed | concluding state of pregnancy, from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child, she was in labor for six hours |
growing pains | pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth |
labor pain | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
birth pangs labor pains labour pains | a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth |