hydroponics
aquiculture
tank farming | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
aquarium
fish tank
marine museum | a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals |
| cistern water tank | a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet |
| cooler tank | a cell for violent prisoners |
gas tank
gasoline tank
petrol tank | a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle |
| maillot tank suit | a woman's one-piece bathing suit |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
oil tanker
oiler
tanker
tank ship | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| septic tank | large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria |
tank
storage tank | a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids |
tank army tank
armored combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicle | an enclosed armored military vehicle, has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
tank car
tank | a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk |
| tank circuit | an oscillatory circuit |
| tank destroyer | an armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds |
tank engine
tank locomotive | a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water, no tender is needed |
| tank furnace | furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained |
| tank iron | plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron |
| tank shell | a shell fired by the cannon on a tank |
| tank top | a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening, often worn over a shirt or blouse |
| type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug
slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
water heater
hot-water heater
hot-water tank | a heater and storage tank to supply heated water |
body type
somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type
ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy
pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type
mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A
type A
group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B
type B
group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB
type AB
group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O
type O
group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
| type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen
holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
| type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
| type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
| type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type
roman letters
roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
| type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
| type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
think tank
think factory | a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications |
| tank farm | an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks |
Alpine glacier
Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
Piedmont glacier
Piedmont type of glacier | a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska, large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice |
character
eccentric type
case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |