| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| quick to respond |
alert
|
| state of readiness to respond |
alerting
,
alertness
|
| respond in anger |
bristle
|
| quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events |
deadness
,
unresponsiveness
|
| taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls |
gypsy cab
|
| method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces |
inertial guidance
,
inertial navigation
|
| inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment |
insensitiveness
,
insensitivity
|
| buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them |
keyboard buffer
|
| antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people |
Larium
,
mefloquine
,
mefloquine hydrochloride
,
Mephaquine
|
| occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
loss of consciousness
|
| mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently |
mania
,
manic disorder
|
| habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations |
mentality
,
mind-set
,
mindset
,
outlook
|
| diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin |
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
|
| hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves |
organ of Corti
|
| respond excessively |
overreact
|
| special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body |
proprioceptor
|
| (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way |
readiness
,
set
|
| organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
receptor
,
sense organ
,
sensory receptor
|
| (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions |
reserve
|
| respond in a witty or angry way |
retort
|
