BENCHES Synonyms

• a seat for one person, with a support for the back

• the position of professor

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

• a particular seat in an orchestra

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

• preside over

• a long chair; for reclining

• a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night

• a long chair; for reclining

• a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)

• a Muslim council of state

• a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author)

• a Muslim council chamber or law court

• 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

• a particular mode in which something is manifested

• (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

• create (as an entity)

• to compose or represent

• develop into a distinctive entity

• give shape or form to

• make something, usually for a specific function

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• assume a form or shape

• of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture

• thick cushion used as a seat

• a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)

• a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person

• the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I

• long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

• a long wooden bench with a back

• a small sofa

• a long wooden bench with a back

• settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

• bring to an end; settle conclusively

• settle conclusively; come to terms

• take up residence and become established

• come to terms

• go under

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

• become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

• establish or develop as a residence

• come to rest

• arrange or fix in the desired order

• accept despite lack of complete satisfaction

• end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

• dispose of; make a financial settlement

• become clear by the sinking of particles

• cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

• sink down or precipitate

• fix firmly

• get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

• make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

• form a community

• come as if by falling

• a simple seat without a back or arms

• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

• (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

• react to a decoy, of wildfowl

• grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

• have a bowel movement

• a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field

• an auxiliary line of merchandise

• an auxiliary activity

• remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position

• persons who administer justice

• the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

• usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

• a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

• a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)

• provide (a house) with a terrace

• make into terraces as for cultivation

• a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

• a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic