layer | thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells |
germ layer | (embryology) any of the layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation |
layer | a hen that lays eggs |
thin-shelled mussel | mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth |
layer bed | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance, slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach |
stratum corneum corneum horny layer | the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
stratum germinativum stratum basale malpighian layer rete Malpighii | the innermost layer of the epidermis |
bulbar conjunctiva conjunctival layer of bulb tunica conjunctiva bulbi | the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea |
palpebra conjunctiva conjunctival layer of eyelids tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum | the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids, continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva |
membrane tissue layer | a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants |
level layer stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth, a good actor communicates on several levels, a simile has at least two layers of meaning, the mind functions on many strata simultaneously |
layer cake | cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting |
D-layer D region | the lowest region of the ionosphere ( tomiles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves |
Appleton layer F layer F region | the highest region of the ionosphere (fromto miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for longange radio transmission |
Heaviside layer Kennelly-Heaviside layer E layer E region | a region of the ionosphere (fromtomiles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length |
layer | a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
ozone layer ozonosphere | a layer in the stratosphere (at approximatelymiles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun |
thin person skin and bones scrag | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
boundary layer | the layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface |
bilberry thin-leaved bilberry mountain blue berry Viccinium membranaceum | erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries |
white stringybark thin-leaved stringybark Eucalyptusd eugenioides | stringybark having white wood |
thin air | nowhere to be found in a giant void, it vanished into thin air |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
dilute thin thin out reduce cut | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture, cut bourbon |
thin out | make sparse, thin out the young plants |
thin out | become sparser, Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out |
thin | make thin or thinner, Thin the solution |
thin | lose thickness, become thin or thinner |
wear wear off wear out wear down wear thin | deteriorate through use or stress, The constant friction wore out the cloth |
layer | make or form a layer, layer the different colored sands |
sparse thin | not dense, a thin beard, trees were sparse |
slim-bodied thin-bodied slender-bodied | having a slim body |
thin lean | lacking excess flesh, you can't be too rich or too thin, Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare |
thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume, a thin feeble cry |
huffy thin-skinned feisty touchy | quick to take offense |
flimsy fragile slight tenuous thin | lacking substance or significance, slight evidence, a tenuous argument, a thin plot, a fragile claim to fame |
thin | lacking spirit or sincere effort, a thin smile |
thin | of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section, thin wire, a thin chiffon blouse, a thin book, a thin layer of paint |
paper thin | thin as paper, her blouse was paper thin |
wafer-thin | very thin, wafer-thin sheets of metal |
thin | relatively thin in consistency or low in density, not viscous, air is thin at high altitudes, a thin soup, skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk, thin oil |
slender thin | very narrow, a thin line across the page |
thin-shelled | of animals or plants that have a thin shell |
out of thin air out of nothing from nowhere | without warning, your cousin arrived out of thin air |
thinly thin | without viscosity, the blood was flowing thin |
wafer-thin | very thin, it was cut wafer-thin |