| collect on delivery |
a method of ordering or shipping goods in which payment is made, usu. in cash, when the goods are delivered; c.o.d. [1/2 definitions] |
| coloring |
the process or method of imparting color. [1/4 definitions] |
| computation |
a method or system of computing or calculating. [1/3 definitions] |
| cookery |
the art or method of cooking. [1/2 definitions] |
| counterpoint |
a method of composing or arranging music in which diverse but harmonious melodies are played at the same time. [1/3 definitions] |
| crop rotation |
a method of breaking disease cycles and renewing the fertility of the soil by planting a succession of different crops on the same piece of land. |
| crucifixion |
a method of execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a cross. [1/3 definitions] |
| C-section |
abbreviation of "Caesarean section", a method of delivering an endangered fetus in which an incision is made through the walls of the mother's abdomen and uterus. |
| cure |
the act or a method of preserving food, tobacco, or the like, as by salting, smoking, or drying. [1/7 definitions] |
| dialectical materialism |
a materialist philosophy and conception of history developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels through their application of Hegel's dialectical method. |
| disguise |
a method of concealing something. [1/5 definitions] |
| double-blind |
of or designating a method of testing in which both the experimenter and the subjects are ignorant of which subjects are receiving the active treatment. |
| drainage |
the act or method of draining. [1/3 definitions] |
| dry-cleaning |
a method of cleaning clothes that uses liquid chemicals instead of water. |
| echo sounding |
a method of determining the depth of a body of water by measuring the time the echo of an emitted sound wave takes to return from the bottom. |
| eclectic |
a person who uses an eclectic method or takes an eclectic approach. [1/3 definitions] |
| eclecticism |
an eclectic method or system, or the practicing or advocating of such. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. [1/2 definitions] |
| Eleatic |
of or pertaining to an ancient Greek school of philosophy that developed a systematic method of inquiry, esp. into the illusory character of plurality, movement, and change. [1/2 definitions] |
| electoral process |
a set of steps and procedures agreed upon as the method for conducting an election, such as the processes for selecting candidates, registering voters, casting votes, and counting votes. |
| electroporation |
in genetics, a method of introducing foreign DNA into a cell by means of an electric pulse that makes the cell membrane more permeable. |