psychosexual development
(psychosexual development)
Princeton's WordNet
(psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
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stage
Webster Dictionary
one of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage
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mult-
Webster Dictionary
see Multi-
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stageplayer
Webster Dictionary
an actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer
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pupa
Webster Dictionary
any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage
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business
Webster Dictionary
the position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal
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subimago
Webster Dictionary
a stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago
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megalops
Webster Dictionary
a larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively
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stage
Webster Dictionary
to exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly
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chromolithography
(chromolithography)
Princeton's WordNet
single- or multi-color lithography
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uredo
Webster Dictionary
one of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement
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garden pea
(garden pea)
Princeton's WordNet
the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
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prompter's box
(prompt box, prompter's box)
Princeton's WordNet
a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage
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prompt box
(prompt box, prompter's box)
Princeton's WordNet
a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage
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evolution
(development, evolution)
Princeton's WordNet
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
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development
(development, evolution)
Princeton's WordNet
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
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shadfly
(mayfly, dayfly, shadfly)
Princeton's WordNet
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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mayfly
(mayfly, dayfly, shadfly)
Princeton's WordNet
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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dayfly
(mayfly, dayfly, shadfly)
Princeton's WordNet
slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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oral
(oral)
Princeton's WordNet
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
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devolution
(ˌdɛv əˈlu ʃən;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
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generation
(ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a stage of technological development distinct from but based upon another stage:
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blastula
(ˌli)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the early developmental stage of an animal, following the morula stage and consisting of a single spherical layer of cells enclosing a hollow, central cavity.
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anal
(anal, anal retentive)
Princeton's WordNet
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
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enter
(ˈɛn tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to come upon the stage (used in stage directions, often as a 3rd person imperative):
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false foxglove
(false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia)
Princeton's WordNet
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
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aureolaria pedicularia
(false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia)
Princeton's WordNet
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
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gerardia pedicularia
(false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia)
Princeton's WordNet
multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
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jellyfish
(ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any stinging, jellylike marine cnidarian of the class Scyphozoa, living in the developmental stage as a tiny attached polyp and in the adult stage as a large free-floating medusa with trailing tentacles.
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stage
(ɪdʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to furnish with a stage, staging, stage set, etc.
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