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 |
temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
absolute temperature | temperature measured on the absolute scale |
Curie temperature Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |
room temperature | the normal temperature of room in which people live |
basal body temperature basal temperature | body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything |
body temperature blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
coldness cold low temperature frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
hotness heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
temperature | the somatic sensation of cold or heat |
medium spiritualist sensitive | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead, he consulted several mediums |
sensitive plant Mimosa sensitiva | semilimbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch |
sensitive plant touch-me-not shame plant live-and-die humble plant action plant Mimosa pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia, heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled |
partridge pea sensitive pea wild sensitive plant Chamaecrista fasciculata Cassia fasciculata | tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch, sometimes placed in genus Cassia |
sensitive fern bead fern Onoclea sensibilis | beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe, pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched, pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes |
cooling chilling temperature reduction | the process of becoming cooler, a falling temperature |
temperature change | a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes |
temperature unit | a unit of measurement for temperature |
standard temperature | exactly zero degrees centigrade |
temperature scale | a system of measuring temperature |
temperature gradient | change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude) |
sensitive | of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security |
sensitive sore raw tender | hurting, the tender spot on his jaw |
sensible sensitive | able to feel or perceive, even amoeba are sensible creatures, the more sensible parts of the skin |
sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli, a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch, a sensitive voltmeter, sensitive skin, sensitive to light |
highly sensitive | readily affected by various agents, a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock, a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated |
light-sensitive photosensitive | sensitive to visible light, photographic film is light-sensitive |
sensitive | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others, sensitive to the local community and its needs |