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Projections
- noun - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
- a planned undertaking
- a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
- any solid convex shape that juts out from something
- any structure that branches out from a central support
- the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"
- the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- the act of projecting out from something
- the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
- the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
Proportions
- noun - adjust in size relative to other things
- balance among the parts of something
- give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
- the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
Protections
- noun - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
- defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
- kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
- payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
- the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
- the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
- the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
Quercitrons
- noun - a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
- medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
Recitations
- noun - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
- a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
- systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- written matter that is recited from memory
Recreations
- noun - activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
- Free time
- Pastime
Recusations
- noun - (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
- (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
Redemptions
- noun - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
Reelections
- noun - election again; "he did not run for reelection"
Reflections
- noun - (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
- a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- a likeness in which left and right are reversed
- a remark expressing careful consideration
- expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
- the ability to reflect beams or rays
- the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
- the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface