multistage
ladder
stagely
stagewise
diphasic
intermediary
multistages
fast-moving
life history
arrival
alternate
polyphasic
alternating
multiphased
modification
form
alteration
change
multioscillation
life
dramatic structure
oblique motion
gyroidal
gybe
multitrajectory
nanophase
motion
at a time
multiphasic
step
transimination
evolution
zag
interstage
rearrangement
cadence
multiorgasmically
development
multitwist
seesaw
postlarval
multiperiodically
passage
passing
stepwise
transposition
interphase
syndepositionally
arborization
series
intermittent
life cycle
stagelessness
multisigned
process
asynchronous
bounce
suddenism
physical process
monoperiodically
turn-taking
polymorphous
chain reaction
multidirectional
sequential
develop
sloping
phase
dip
echopraxia
oligorecurrence
retrogradation
phenophase
scatter
alternation
postsyntactic
break up
course
dissipate
multicentrically
multiaxially
disperse
gradation
shaking
midstage
midanteriorly
cycling
dispel
subalternation
emanant
traceability
daisy chain
multiserially
antiphase
wave
nucleation
jazz square
stagely
stagewise
diphasic
fast-moving
alternate
polyphasic
alternating
multiphased
multioscillation
gyroidal
multitrajectory
multiphasic
multistage
interstage
postlarval
interphase
intermittent
multisigned
asynchronous
polymorphous
multidirectional
sequential
postsyntactic
cycling
emanant
antiphase
stagely
multiorgasmically
multiperiodically
stepwise
syndepositionally
monoperiodically
multicentrically
multiaxially
midanteriorly
multiserially
multistage
ladder
intermediary
multistages
life history
arrival
modification
form
alteration
change
life
dramatic structure
oblique motion
gybe
nanophase
motion
step
transimination
evolution
zag
rearrangement
cadence
development
multitwist
seesaw
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passing
transposition
arborization
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life cycle
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disperse
dispel
noun
- A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
- A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
verb
noun
noun
- The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.
- an investigation into the details and activities of a person during his/her lifetime; one's background.
- Information concerning a person's diseases and medical disorders suffered during his lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- serving or used in place of another
noun
verb
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- do something in turns
adj
noun
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a perceptual structure
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- (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
- a body of students who are taught together
- an ability to perform well
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a mold for setting concrete
verb
noun
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- the action of changing something
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- a thing that is different
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a difference that is usually pleasant
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
noun
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- An opportunity for existence.
- A worthwhile existence.
- The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- The most lively component or participant.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- A biography.
- One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Social life.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- The life insurance industry.
- A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- Existence.
- A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
verb
noun
- The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.
- One of four formats used in commercials that are designed to affect the audience emotionally, not just rationally: emotional pivot, positive transition, emotional build, and sustained emotion.
noun
- A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
- A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
- A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
verb
- To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
- Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
- Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
noun
- A state of progression from one place to another.
- A change from one place to another.
- A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- A change of position with respect to time.
- A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
verb
noun
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- A small space or distance.
- A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- A walk; passage.
- A stepchild.
- A stepsibling.
- A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
verb
- To dance.
- To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To set, as the foot.
adj
noun
- The structure, generally containing mechanical components and instruments but no engines or fuel tanks, connecting the top of a stage of a multistage rocket to the bottom of the stage above it.
- The components of a multistage thermonuclear weapon which channel the radiation produced by the primary's fission explosion so as to trigger the implosion of the secondary and ignite a fusion explosion in the secondary's fusion fuel.
noun
- The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
- The number of steps per minute.
- A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
- A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
- A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
- The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
- A dance move which ends a phrase.
- The act or state of declining or sinking.
- The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
- The frequency of regular product releases.
- The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
- Balanced, rhythmic flow.
- A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
- The measure or beat of movement.
- Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
- cadency
verb
noun
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
noun
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
verb
adj
noun
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a journey usually by ship
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the act of passing something to another person
noun
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- euphemistic expressions for death
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the end of something
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
adj
- lasting a very short time
- allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
adj
adv
noun
- A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
- A incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.
- A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
- The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
verb
noun
- similar things placed in order or happening one after another
- a serialized set of programs
- a periodical that appears at scheduled times
- (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
- (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
- a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
- (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
noun
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
verb
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deal with in a routine way
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- shape, form, or improve a material
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
verb
adj
- not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
noun
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Drugs.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, dismissal.
- Swagger.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A bang, boom.
- A talent for leaping.
- A good beat in music.
verb
- (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
- To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- To leave.
- To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- To move rapidly (between).
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
- To return undelivered.
- To turn power off and back on; to reset.
verb
- To progress through a sequence of stages.
- To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- To place one's pieces actively.
- To change with a specific direction, progress.
- To create.
- To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
noun
- A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
- A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.
- The arctangent of the quotient formed by dividing the imaginary part of a complex number by the real part.
- A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
- Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
- In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age.
- A haplotype.
- That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
- The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
- Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
- In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
- A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies
verb
noun
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- A diplomat.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The moist form of snuff tobacco.
- A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- Fried bread.
- A foolish person.
- A dip stick.
- A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A sauce for dipping.
- The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
verb
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- To lower into a liquid.
- To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- To immerse for baptism.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
- To leave.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- To lower a light's beam.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
noun
- The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
- A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation.
- A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.
- The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
- A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".
- Ablaut.
- The "inclusive or" truth function.
verb
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- disband
- break violently or noisily; smash
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- set or keep apart
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- release ice
- close at the end of a session
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- come to an end
- break or cause to break into pieces
- cause to separate
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- laugh unrestrainedly
noun
- A sequence of events.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- The itinerary of a race.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- A row of bricks or blocks.
- One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.
- A learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- A golf course.
- A treatment plan.
- A stage of a meal.
- A racecourse.
- The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
verb
noun
- A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- A calibration marking.
- A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
- A diatonic succession of chords.
- Apophony.
- A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
- Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
verb
noun
- A sequence of events where each one leads to the next.
- Placing several electrical or electronic devices in series by either their power connections or their data connections or both.
- A series of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, or various other MIDI devices connected to one another in a chain via MIDI cables
- A garland created from daisies (the flowers).
- A ladder made from nylon tape, originally made by chaining together several loops of nylon tape.
- A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows the backpacker to secure many different types of objects to the exterior of the pack.
- A group sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, putting their mouth to the genitals of the next person.
- A bus wiring scheme in which a series of devices are connected in sequence: A to B, B to C, C to D, etc.
- Any series of complicated relationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people.
- A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling climber.
verb
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
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