| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' |
analysis
|
| plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
angiosperm
,
flowering plant
|
| order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium |
Aspergillales
,
Eurotiales
,
order Aspergillales
,
order Eurotiales
|
| abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent |
atresia
|
| any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain |
bank holiday
|
| closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached |
benzene formula
,
benzene nucleus
,
benzene ring
,
Kekule formula
|
| airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
Berlin airlift
|
| wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head |
box end wrench
,
box wrench
|
| chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly |
box tortoise
,
box turtle
|
| cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture |
braising
|
| carriage, 4-wheeled, closed box with front driver's seat |
brougham
|
| closed political meeting |
caucus
|
| closed plane curve |
circle
|
| length of the closed curve of a circle |
circumference
|
| closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers |
clarence
|
| morbid fear of being closed in a confined space |
claustrophobia
|
| closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration |
cleistocarp
,
cleistothecium
|
| sound produced by the back of the tongue making contact with the soft palate while lips closed |
click
,
suction stop
|
| (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop |
closed chain
,
ring
|
| session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public |
closed session
,
executive session
|
