| alternative medicine | the practice of medicine without the use of drugs, may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture |
| culture | the raising of plants or animals, the culture of oysters |
| cranberry culture | the cultivation of cranberries |
| drip culture | a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing |
| culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar), the culture of cells in a Petri dish |
| culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
| culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group |
| mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
option
alternative
choice | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen, what option did I have?, there no other alternative, my only choice is to refuse |
acculturation
culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
| culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization, the developing drug culture, the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture |
| Kalashnikov culture | the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms, the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan |
| mosaic culture | a highly diverse culture, the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts |
alternative pleading
pleading in the alternative | a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on |
culture
civilization civilisation | a particular society at a particular time and place, early Mayan civilization |
| youth culture | young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture |
Aegean civilization
Aegean civilisation
Aegean culture | the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries, by BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery |
Helladic civilization
Helladic civilisation
Helladic culture | the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished - BC |
Minoan civilization
Minoan civilisation
Minoan culture | the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished - BC |
Cycladic civilization
Cycladic civilisation
Cycladic culture
Cyclades | the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished - BC |
Mycenaean civilization
Mycenaean civilisation
Mycenaean culture | the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished - BC |
Paleo-American culture
Paleo-Amerind culture
Paleo-Indian culture | the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America |
| Clovis culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony |
| Folsom culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf |
Western culture
Western civilization | the modern culture of western Europe and North America, when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea |
| alternative energy | energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment |
alternative birth
alternative birthing | a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings |
polish
refinement
culture
cultivation
finish | a highly developed state of perfection, having a flawless or impeccable quality, they performed with great polish, I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad |
culture medium
medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
prehistory
prehistoric culture | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| culture | grow in a special preparation, the biologist grows microorganisms |
| alternative | necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities, alternative possibilities were neutrality or war |
| alternative | pertaining to unconventional choices, an alternative life style |
alternate
alternative
substitute | serving or used in place of another, an alternative plan |