ceramic | (adjective) of or relating to or made from a ceramic | - |
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(noun) an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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chloramine | (noun) any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds | Synonyms: chloramine-T |
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clomipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug | - |
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cyanuramide | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: melamine |
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desipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system | - |
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diphenhydramine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Benadryl |
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foraminifer | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foram |
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framing | (noun) formulation of the plans and important details | - |
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(noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: frame |
gramicidin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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imipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression | Synonyms: Imavate, impramine hydrochloride, Tofranil |
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muramidase | (noun) an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria | Synonyms: lysozyme |
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nitramine | (noun) a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators | Synonyms: tetryl |
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panoramic | (adjective) as from an altitude or distance | Synonyms: bird's-eye |
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paramilitary | (adjective) of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit | - |
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(noun) a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) | Synonyms: paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit |
pastrami | (noun) highly seasoned cut of smoked beef | - |
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pheniramine | (noun) an antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus | - |
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phonogramic | (adjective) of or relating to a phonogram | - |
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programing | (noun) creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | Synonyms: computer programing, computer programming, programming |
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(noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programming, scheduling |
pyramid | (noun) (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases | - |
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(noun) a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex | - |
(verb) increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base | - |
(verb) arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid | - |
(verb) enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts | - |
(verb) use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal | - |
pyramidal | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidic, pyramidical |
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pyramidic | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidal, pyramidical |
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pyramidical | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidal, pyramidic |
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pyramidically | (adverb) in a pyramidal manner or shape | - |
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pyramiding | (noun) a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated | - |
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ramie | (noun) tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax | Synonyms: Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramee |
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ramification | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, forking |
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(noun) an arrangement of branching parts | - |
(noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: complication |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: branch, leg |
ramify | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, separate |
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(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: branch |
(verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: complexify |
ramipril | (noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack | Synonyms: Altace |
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tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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trimipramine | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia | Synonyms: Surmontil |
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tyramine | (noun) amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer | - |
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ultramicroscope | (noun) light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes | Synonyms: dark-field microscope |
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ultramicroscopic | (adjective) too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope | - |
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wolframite | (noun) a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks | Synonyms: iron manganese tungsten |
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