| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
abnormality
,
mental defectiveness
|
| quality of being sufficient for the end in view |
adequacy
,
sufficiency
|
| religion believing in a self-sufficient lifestyle that rejects influences of modern life |
Amish
|
| property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency |
ampleness
|
| distance sufficient to exclude intimacy |
arm's length
|
| self-sufficient country or region |
autarky
|
| sufficient room for easy breathing or movement |
breathing room
,
breathing space
|
| gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile |
carload
|
| claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action |
cause of action
|
| check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment |
certified check
,
certified cheque
|
| (cosmology) a universe in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang and to cause the universe to collapse again; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amou |
closed universe
|
| normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived |
daylight vision
,
photopic vision
|
| (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will |
determinism
|
| bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers and telecommunications without killing people or damaging buildings |
E-bomb
,
microwave bomb
|
| immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
excess
,
excessiveness
,
inordinateness
|
| quantity sufficient to satisfy |
fill
|
| administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
insulin shock
,
insulin shock therapy
,
insulin shock treatment
|
| sufficient grounds |
justification
,
warrant
|
| wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
living wage
|
| amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate |
load
|
