| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
absorption
|
| immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a |
acquired immunity
|
| gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke |
air gas
,
producer gas
|
| (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac |
alignment
,
conjunction
|
| hint or passing mention |
allusion
|
| passing reference or indirect mention |
allusion
|
| game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
American football
,
American football game
|
| electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it |
amplifier
|
| medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles |
ballistocardiograph
,
cardiograph
|
| large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein |
basal vein
,
vena basalis
|
| tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
beacon
,
beacon light
,
lighthouse
,
pharos
|
| hole made by a bullet passing through it |
bullet hole
|
| oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water |
calean
,
chicha
,
hookah
,
hubble-bubble
,
hubbly-bubbly
,
kalian
,
narghile
,
nargileh
,
sheesha
,
shisha
,
water pipe
|
| machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers |
calender
|
| medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing |
carminative
|
| (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back |
centering
,
snap
|
| bank, check passing through a |
clearing
|
| apparatus that detects high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
cloud chamber
,
Wilson cloud chamber
|
| bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord |
commissure
|
| lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out |
concave lens
,
diverging lens
|
