bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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chloroform | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: trichloromethane |
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cuneiform | (noun) an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | - |
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fluoroform | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: trifluoromethane |
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form | (noun) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | Synonyms: shape |
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(noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
(noun) a mold for setting concrete | - |
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: cast, shape |
(noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, shape |
(noun) an ability to perform well | - |
(noun) a particular mode in which something is manifested | - |
(noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
(noun) a perceptual structure | Synonyms: pattern, shape |
(noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: kind, sort, variety |
(noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, signifier, word form |
(noun) a printed document with spaces in which to write | - |
(noun) an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse | - |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, grade |
(noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | Synonyms: strain, var., variant |
(noun) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | Synonyms: phase |
haloform | (noun) compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom | - |
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iodoform | (noun) a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing | Synonyms: triiodomethane |
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(noun) sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3 | Synonyms: tri-iodomethane |
nitrochloroform | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: chloropicrin |
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pisiform | (noun) a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral | Synonyms: os pisiforme, pisiform bone |
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platform | (noun) a raised horizontal surface | - |
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(noun) any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons | Synonyms: weapons platform |
(noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: chopine |
(noun) the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system | - |
(noun) a long, flat raised structure of a railway station, where people get on and off of trains | - |
(noun) a document stating the aims and principles of a political party | Synonyms: political platform, political program, program |
reform | (noun) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | - |
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(noun) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | - |
(noun) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice | - |
uniform | (noun) clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification | - |
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waveform | (noun) the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time | Synonyms: wave form, wave shape |
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