topic sentence
— Noun
– English
～ a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
topic
— Noun
– English
～ some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
topical anesthetic
— Noun
– English
～ anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
topical anaesthetic
— Noun
– English
～ anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
topical anesthesia
— Noun
– English
～ loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)
topical prostaglandin eyedrop
— Noun
– English
～ a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway
topical anaesthesia
— Noun
– English
～ loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)
topical
— Adjective
– English
～ of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
topical
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
topical
— Adjective
– English
～ pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
topicality
— Noun
– English
～ the attribute of being of interest at the present time; "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality"
topicalization
— Noun
– English
～ (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization"
topicalize
— Verb
– English
～ emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
topically
— Adverb
– English
～ to a restricted area of the body; "apply this medicine topically"
topknot
— Noun
– English
～ headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair
topknot
— Noun
– English
～ showy crest or knot of hair or feathers
topknotted
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife"
topless
— Adjective
– English
～ having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; "topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret"
topless
— Adjective
– English
～ having no top; "a topless jar"