CELL Synonyms

• a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

• a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth

• an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

• the sound of a hound on the scent

• small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

• a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital

• a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose

• a small recess opening off a larger room

• a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

• (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

• utter in deep prolonged tones

• bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

• a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches

• United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)

• small area set off by walls for special use

• a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment

• a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

• private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance

• the quantity contained in a box

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

• a rectangular drawing

• evergreen shrubs or small trees

• any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned

• the driver's seat on a coach

• separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people

• a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

• put into a box

• hit with the fist

• engage in a boxing match

• a small container

• a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

• a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

• a shortened version of a written work

• a structure that encloses a body part

• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

• space that is surrounded by something

• soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

• (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

• a natural or artificial enclosed space

• an enclosed volume in the body

• a room where a judge transacts business

• a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly

• a room used primarily for sleeping

• place in a chamber

• a space into which an area is subdivided

• a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

• any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

• a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

• the act of enclosing something inside something else

• a naturally enclosed space

• something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

• any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity

• one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

• detachable compartment of a spacecraft

• computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)

• a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• an enclosed space

• a supply of money

• (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a small isolated group of people

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

• put in one's pocket

• take unlawfully

• an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

• space for movement

• opportunity for

• the people who are present in a room

• live and take one's meals at or in

• a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

• an enclosed space

• a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule

• a structure resembling a bag in an animal

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

• an enclosed space

• the quantity contained in a sack

• any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

• a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

• a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

• the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• plunder (a town) after capture

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• make as a net profit

• put in a sack

• a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse

• a coarse cloth resembling sacking

• a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

• small area set off by walls for special use

• a booth where articles are displayed for sale

• a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

• seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

• small individual study area in a library

• a tactic used to mislead or delay

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• come to a stop

• deliberately delay an event or action

• put into, or keep in, a stall

• experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

• cause an airplane to go into a stall

• cause an engine to stop