STRANDS Synonyms

• a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

• a very small distance or space

• filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

• any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

• cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

• a filamentous projection or process on an organism

• informal terms for clothing

• a telegram sent abroad

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

• a nautical unit of depth

• television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

• a television system that transmits over cables

• send cables, wires, or telegrams

• fasten with a cable

• a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

• coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

• any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• the stalk of a stamen

• a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

• a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

• a formation of people or things one beside another

• a mark that is long relative to its width

• a formation of people or things one behind another

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a connected series of events or actions or developments

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a telephone connection

• acting in conformity

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a particular kind of product or merchandise

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

• a short personal letter

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• be in line with; form a line along

• cover the interior of

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• mark with lines

• fill plentifully

• reinforce with fabric

• a strong line

• street names for flunitrazepam

• catch with a lasso

• fasten with a rope

• ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

• a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

• the finishing line on a racetrack

• a message transmitted by telegraph

• provide with electrical circuits

• send cables, wires, or telegrams

• fasten with wire

• string on a wire

• equip for use with electricity

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

• land on a beach

• a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

• British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

• (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

• a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

• (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

• anything that acts as a restraint

• a unit of length

• a series of hills or mountains

• a linked or connected series of objects

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• connect or arrange into a chain by linking

• fasten or secure with chains

• (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

• arid land with little or no vegetation

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

• leave behind

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• the stalk of a stamen

• a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

• a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• a person who is stranded (as on an island)

• a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

• an exploding firework used as a warning signal

• of dark brownish to purplish red

• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

• leave stranded on a desert island without resources

• a lightweight cord

• stringed instruments that are played with a bow

• a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

• a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

• a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

• a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

• a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

• (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

• a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• thread on or as if on a string

• add as if on a string

• move or come along

• stretch out or arrange like a string

• string together; tie or fasten with a string

• remove the stringy parts of

• provide with strings

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground