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annual
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adj 1: completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of
annual flowering plants" [syn: annual, one-year]
[ant: biennial, perennial, two-year]
2: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris";
"yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"
[syn: annual, yearly]
n 1: (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle
within the space of a year
2: a reference book that is published regularly once every year
[syn: annual, yearly, yearbook]
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biannual
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adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly]
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bimanual
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adj 1: requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-
handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a
machine designed for bimanual operation" [syn: two-
handed, bimanual]
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capsule
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n 1: a small container
2: a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container
with medicine inside
3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure
of e.g. mosses
4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation,
abridgement, abridgment, capsule]
5: a structure that encloses a body part
6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human
life in outer space [syn: space capsule, capsule]
7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in
the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by
parachute [syn: ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule]
v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate,
capsulize, capsulise]
2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize
the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize,
capsulise]
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consensual
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adj 1: existing by consent; "a consensual contract"
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continual
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adj 1: occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to
what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and
closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the
shutters" [ant: sporadic]
2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used
interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
interruption)
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granule
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n 1: a tiny grain
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manual
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adj 1: of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity"
2: requiring human effort; "a manual transmission" [ant:
automatic]
3: doing or requiring physical work; "manual labor"; "manual
laborer"
n 1: a small handbook
2: (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle [syn:
manual of arms, manual]
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sensual
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adj 1: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal
instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a
sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual
pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal,
fleshly, sensual]
2: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a
sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry]
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spaniel
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n 1: any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs
with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
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daniel
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n 1: (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of
Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into
a den of lions (6th century BC)
2: a wise and upright judge; "a Daniel come to judgment" --
Shakespeare
3: an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions
and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar
[syn: Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet
Daniel]
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samuel
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n 1: (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul
as king
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semiannual
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adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly]
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emanuel
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emmanuel
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manuel
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