| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
| product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
| urban renewal | the clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban slums |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
| 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 |
exploitation
development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
| land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
| framework | a structure supporting or containing something |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
framework
fabric | the underlying structure, providing a factual framework for future research, it is part of the fabric of society |
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 |
model
theoretical account
framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
| urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
| urban legend | a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false, contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true |
| development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development
HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
| Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association
IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
| planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
advisory board
planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
city
metropolis
urban center | a large and densely populated urban area, may include several independent administrative districts, Ancient Troy was a great city |
conurbation
urban sprawl
sprawl | an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities |
| development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose, such land is practical for small park developments |
| housing development | a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management, they live in the new housing development |
urban area
populated area | a geographical area constituting a city or town |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson |
| urban guerrilla | a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns |
Urban II
Odo
Odo of Lagery
Otho
Otho of Lagery | French pope fromtowhose sermons called for the First Crusade (-) |
Urban V
Guillaume de Grimoard | French pope from towho tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England, canonized in(-) |
Urban VI
Bartolomeo Prignano | Italian pope from to whose contested election began the Great Schism, he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (-) |
Urban VIII
Maffeo Barberini | Italian pope from to who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (-) |
development
developing | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible, the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours |
| development evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage), the development of his ideas took many years, the evolution of Greek civilization, the slow development of her skill as a writer |
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 |
| psychomotor development | progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities |
| psychosexual development | (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage |
murine typhus
rat typhus
urban typhus
endemic typhus | acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea, characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash |
| development | a state in which things are improving, the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess), after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter, in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen |
arrested development
fixation
infantile fixation
regression | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
| urban | located in or characteristic of a city or city life, urban property owners, urban affairs, urban manners |