| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished |
attribute
,
dimension
,
property
|
| large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges |
beaver
|
| document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot |
building permit
|
| method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis |
CAT
,
computed axial tomography
,
computed tomography
,
computerized axial tomography
,
computerized tomography
,
CT
|
| engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.) |
civil engineer
|
| creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
construction
,
mental synthesis
|
| abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects |
constructivism
|
| using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs |
echography
,
sonography
,
ultrasonography
,
ultrasound
|
| act of starting to construct a house |
housing start
|
| air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought |
lungfish
|
| any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young |
mason wasp
|
| person trained to design and construct machines |
mechanical engineer
|
| any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
paper wasp
|
| any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs |
potter wasp
|
| recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall |
reconstruction
,
reconstructive memory
|
| material used to construct a roof |
roofing
|
| hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles |
square
|
