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oewn-13923115-n | pillar | a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower |
oewn-13923453-n | plume | a plume of smoke | anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness |
oewn-13923453-n | plume | grass with large plumes | anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness |
oewn-13923748-n | hoodoo | a tall sandstone hoodoo | (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock |
oewn-13924278-n | drop | he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops | a shape that is spherical and small |
oewn-13924278-n | bead | beads of sweat on his forehead | a shape that is spherical and small |
oewn-13925175-n | point | the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points | a V shape |
oewn-13927512-n | dip | there was a dip in the road | a depression in an otherwise level surface |
oewn-13927671-n | cup | bees filled the waxen cups with honey | any cup-shaped concavity |
oewn-13927671-n | cup | he wore a jock strap with a metal cup | any cup-shaped concavity |
oewn-13927671-n | cup | the cup of her bra | any cup-shaped concavity |
oewn-13928281-n | notch | mandibular notch | a V-shaped indentation |
oewn-13928578-n | sag | there was a sag in the chair seat | a shape that sags |
oewn-13928798-n | line | his face has many lines | a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface |
oewn-13928798-n | wrinkle | ironing gets rid of most wrinkles | a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface |
oewn-13932904-n | shapelessness | Despite its grotesque gargoyle shapelessness it was, of course, adorable | an amorphous or indefinite shape |
oewn-13933131-n | void | the huge desert voids | an empty area or space |
oewn-13933131-n | emptiness | the emptiness of outer space | an empty area or space |
oewn-13933131-n | vacuum | without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum | an empty area or space |
oewn-13933399-n | space | the architect left space in front of the building | an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) |
oewn-13933399-n | space | they stopped at an open space in the jungle | an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) |
oewn-13933399-n | space | the space between his teeth | an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) |
oewn-13933910-n | hollow | hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks | a cavity or space in something |
oewn-13934675-n | pocket | the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike | (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left |
oewn-13934887-n | point | a row of points | a very small circular shape |
oewn-13934887-n | dot | draw lines between the dots | a very small circular shape |
oewn-13935275-n | tree | genealogical tree | a figure that branches from a single root |
oewn-13936581-n | cast | pottery of this cast was found throughout the region | the distinctive form in which a thing is made |
oewn-13936864-n | branch | he broke off one of the branches | a part of a forked or branching shape |
oewn-13937280-n | fork | they took the south fork | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches |
oewn-13937280-n | crotch | he climbed into the crotch of a tree | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches |
oewn-13937488-n | pocket | the trapped miners found a pocket of air | an enclosed space |
oewn-13941420-n | tongue | tongues of flame licked at the walls | any long thin projection that is transient |
oewn-13942206-n | washout | it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road | the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water |
oewn-92439239-n | dihedral angle | Plane A which contains an isosceles right triangle forms a dihedral angle of 60 degrees with another plane B. | the angle between two planes. |
oewn-92438964-n | demand curve | However, the demand curve of each oligopolist will be more elastic than the demand curve for the industry as a whole. | In economics, the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price. |
oewn-92447290-n | right prism | The lateral area of a right prism is the sum of the areas of all the lateral faces. | a prism that has exactly two bases and whose other sides are all rectangles that are perpendicular to these bases. |
oewn-92439377-n | polygonal chain | The upper convex hull is a polygonal chain that connects the leftmost point in P to the rightmost one. | in geometry, a connected series of line segments. |
oewn-92448346-n | regular pyramid | The altitude of a lateral face of a regular pyramid is the slant height. | a pyramid whose base is a regular polygon and whose vertex is on the perpendicular to the base through its center. |
oewn-92449693-n | tangent curve | The shape of the tangent curve is the same for each full rotation of the angle and so the function is called 'periodic'. | a plane curve that is the graph of the equation y = tan x, where x is an angle. |
oewn-92471253-n | regular pentagon | A regular pentagon has five lines of reflectional symmetry, and rotational symmetry of order 5 (through 72°, 144°, 216° and 288°). | a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal. |
oewn-92446204-n | supply curve | By its very nature, conceptualizing a supply curve requires the firm to be a perfect competitor (i.e. to have no influence over the market price). | in economics, graphic representation of the relationship between product price and quantity of product that a seller is willing and able to supply. |
oewn-92449688-n | cosine curve | The shape of the cosine curve is the same for each full rotation of the angle and so the function is called 'periodic'. | a curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is of the form y = a cos x. |
oewn-92447289-n | regular prism | The height of a regular prism is the distance between the bases. | A right prism whose bases are regular polygons. |
oewn-92439921-n | Pythagorean triangle | Conversely, if (x, y, z) is a Pythagorean triangle, then. (x/t9 y/t, z/t) is a primitive Pythagorean triangle provided (xs y) = t. | A right triangle in which the lengths of the sides are three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a^2 + b^2 = c^2. |
oewn-92471046-n | square pyramid | The Great Pyramid of Giza is an example of a square pyramid. | a three-dimensional geometric figure with a square base and four triangular sides that connect at one point; a pyramid with a square base. |
oewn-92437754-n | pedal curve | The pedal curve of an ellipse, with its focus as pedal point, is a circle. | the curve resulting from the orthogonal projection of a fixed point on the tangent lines of a given curve. |
oewn-92441126-n | brachistochrone | The brachistochrone is a cycloid with a horizontal base and with its cusp at the point A. | a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. |
oewn-92438963-n | indifference curve | Since every (X , Y) combination will have an indifference curve passing through it, we can add a third axis stretching upward from the bottom left corner of the figure measuring the degree to which the individual's preferences are satisfied, and visualize the infinitely many indifference curves as representing a smooth surface that rises as the consumption of commodities X and Y increase. | In microeconomic theory, a graph showing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent. |
oewn-92440987-n | conchoid | If you consider a point on a radius of the rolling curve in generating a cardioid that is not on its circumference, the result is a conchoid called the limaçon of Pascal. | Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts). |
oewn-00001740-a | able | able to swim | (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
oewn-00001740-a | able | she was able to program her computer | (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
oewn-00001740-a | able | we were at last able to buy a car | (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
oewn-00001740-a | able | able to get a grant for the project | (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
oewn-00002098-a | unable | unable to get to town without a car | (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how |
oewn-00002098-a | unable | unable to obtain funds | (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how |
oewn-00002312-a | abaxial | the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem | facing away from the axis of an organ or organism |
oewn-00002527-a | adaxial | the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface | nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism |
oewn-00003356-a | nascent | the nascent chicks | being born or beginning |
oewn-00003356-a | nascent | a nascent insurgency | being born or beginning |
oewn-00003552-s | emergent | an emergent republic | coming into existence |
oewn-00003828-s | parturient | a parturient heifer | giving birth |
oewn-00003938-a | dying | a dying man | in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be |
oewn-00003938-a | dying | his dying wish | in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be |
oewn-00003938-a | dying | a dying fire | in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be |
oewn-00003938-a | dying | a dying civilization | in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be |
oewn-00004295-s | last | his last words | occurring at the time of death |
oewn-00004295-s | last | the last rites | occurring at the time of death |
oewn-00004412-a | abridged | an abridged version | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting |
oewn-00004614-s | cut | the drastically cut film | with parts removed |
oewn-00004816-s | potted | a potted version of a novel | (British informal) summarized or abridged |
oewn-00004979-a | unabridged | an unabridged novel | (used of texts) not shortened |
oewn-00005204-a | absolute | absolute loyalty | perfect or complete or pure |
oewn-00005204-a | absolute | absolute silence | perfect or complete or pure |
oewn-00005204-a | absolute | absolute truth | perfect or complete or pure |
oewn-00005204-a | absolute | absolute alcohol | perfect or complete or pure |
oewn-00005472-s | direct | the direct opposite | lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact |
oewn-00005598-s | implicit | implicit trust | being without doubt or reserve |
oewn-00005717-s | infinite | God's infinite wisdom | total and all-embracing |
oewn-00005838-s | living | she is a living doll | (informal) absolute |
oewn-00005838-s | living | scared the living daylights out of them | (informal) absolute |
oewn-00005838-s | living | beat the living hell out of him | (informal) absolute |
oewn-00006050-a | relative | a relative stranger | estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete |
oewn-00006354-a | absorbent | as absorbent as a sponge | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
oewn-00006903-s | assimilative | an assimilative substance | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution |
oewn-00007227-s | receptive | the paper is ink-receptive | able to absorb liquid (not repellent) |
oewn-00007716-s | thirsty | thirsty towels | able to take in large quantities of moisture |
oewn-00008009-s | repellent | a water-repellent fabric | incapable of absorbing or mixing with |
oewn-00008009-s | resistant | plastic highly resistant to steam and water | incapable of absorbing or mixing with |
oewn-00009365-s | abstinent | not totally abstinent but abstemious | self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink |
oewn-00009637-s | austere | a desert nomad's austere life | practicing great self-denial |
oewn-00009637-s | spartan | a spartan diet | practicing great self-denial |
oewn-00009637-s | spartan | a spartan existence | practicing great self-denial |
oewn-00009997-a | gluttonous | over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
oewn-00009997-a | gluttonous | a gluttonous debauch | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
oewn-00009997-a | gluttonous | a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
oewn-00010556-s | crapulent | crapulent sleep | suffering from excessive eating or drinking |
oewn-00010556-s | crapulous | a crapulous stomach | suffering from excessive eating or drinking |
oewn-00010745-s | edacious | edacious vultures | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
oewn-00010745-s | rapacious | a rapacious appetite | devouring or craving food in great quantities |