the act of consorting with or joining with others | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger |
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
a formal organization of people or groups of people | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling |
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species | a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle |
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding | a characteristic sound |
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence | the sound of a bell ringing |
a social or business relationship | an association of criminals |
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination | (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop |
| a toroidal shape |