whole
unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity, how big is that part compared to the whole?, the team is a unit |
living thing
animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-
GBU- | a , pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding, used to penetrate hardened underground facilities |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
housing
lodging
living accommodations | structures collectively in which people are housed |
living quarters
quarters | housing available for people to live in, he found quarters for his family, I visited his bachelor quarters |
living room
livingoom
sitting room
front room
parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
loudspeaker
speaker
speaker unit
loudspeaker system
speaker system | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
round unit of ammunition
one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
semiconductor device
semiconductor unit
semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material |
visual display unit
VDU | (British) British term for video display |
| wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
| free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
protoplasm
living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
| living arrangement | an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist |
life
living | the experience of being alive, the course of human events and activities, he could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
| unit | a single undivided whole, an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another |
language unit
linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
| living will | a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness, after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
metrical foot
foot
metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| living | people who are still living, save your pity for the living |
family
family unit | primary social group, parents and children, he wanted to have a good job before starting a family |
unit investment trust
unit trust | a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities, you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $ |
administrative unit
administrative body | a unit with administrative responsibilities |
| coronary care unit | a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems |
neonatal intensive care unit
NICU | an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn |
intensive care unit
ICU | a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care |
unit
social unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group, the coach said the offensive unit did a good job, after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit |
| army unit | a military unit that is part of an army |
| naval unit | a military unit that is part of a navy |
| air unit | a military unit that is part of the airforce |
military unit
military force
military group
force | a unit that is part of some military service, he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men |
paramilitary
paramilitary force
paramilitary unit
paramilitary organization
paramilitary organisation | a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) |
| Sparrow Unit | a hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines |
identity matrix
unit matrix | a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity |
political unit
political entity | a unit with political responsibilities |
artillery
artillery unit | an army unit that uses big guns |
unit
building block | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else, units of nucleic acids |
| unit cell | the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal |
zombi
zombie
living dead | a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force |
pressure
pressure level
force per unit area | the force applied to a unit area of surface, measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit), the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure |
lithops
living stone
stoneface
stone-face
stone plant
stone life face
flowering stone | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones |
living granite
living rock stone mimicry plant | highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite, South Africa |
| living rock Ariocarpus fissuratus | usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit, resembles the related mescal, northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States |
| cost-of-living allowance | an allowance for changes in the consumer price index |
| living wage | a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
| cost-of-living benefit | a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise |