Words containing formal

conformal projection means: a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

formal means: a gown for evening wear

formal means: a lavish dance requiring formal attire

formal means: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

formal means: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

formal means: (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

formal means: logically deductive

formal means: characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

formal means: represented in simplified or symbolic form

formal garden means: a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs

antebellum means: belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

arthur stanley jefferson laurel means: United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)

bastardized means: deriving from more than one source or style

dickens means: a word used in exclamations of confusion

dickens means: English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)

expanded means: increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

flannel mullein means: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

granitelike means: hard as granite

granny knot means: a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure

hands down means: with no difficulty

interrupted means: intermittently stopping and starting

interrupted means: discontinued temporarily

intimidating means: discouraging through fear

mydriatic means: a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations

ngb means: the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units

plexus periarterialis means: an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery

plovdiv means: an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region

present progressive means: a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

semitransparency means: the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely

spice cookie means: cookie flavored with spices