Fitter: alternatives and connections

the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint

An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis

A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlo…

a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occ…

To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments o…

That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to b…

One who supplies or fits out.

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the wil…

Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others w…

laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallop…

To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as,…