STICKINGS Synonyms

• socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

• a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings

• skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

• a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

• a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

• a general and progressive increase in prices

• (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

• lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

• the act of filling something with air

• the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure

• any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

• the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

• the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

• a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

• the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others

• (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings

• care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

• the act of treating with medicines or remedies

• the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries

• punishment for one's actions

• treat medicinally, treat with medicine

• of or in or relating to the nose

• a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

• an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

• sounding as if the nose were pinched

• hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

• a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

• hit hard

• close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

• the activity of supplying a stock of something

• (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)

• part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

• a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

• create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton