forcing-bed
11Procrustes's Bed — Procrustes, in Greek legend, was a brigand, a highwayman, who lived near Attica and lured travelers into his roadside home by offering them a bed for the night. Procrustes amused himself by forcing these travelers to lie on his iron bed and be …
12Hydrostatic bed — Hydrostatic Hy dro*stat ic, Hydrostatical Hy dro*stat ic*al, a. [Hydro , 1 + Gr. ? causing to stand: cf. F. hydrostatique. See {Static}.] Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of… …
13feath|er|bed|ding — «FEHTH uhr BEHD ihng», noun. the practice on the part of some labor unions of forcing employers to hire more men than are needed for a particular job …
14cradle — Synonyms and related words: Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Vaterland, afford support, appease, babyhood, back, back up, bassinet, bear, bear up, bed, bed davenport, beginnings, berth, birth, birthplace, bolster, bolster up, brace, breeding place,… …
15hotbed — Synonyms and related words: Hydra, birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, cradle, forcing, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, glasshouse, greenhouse, hatchery, hothouse, incubator, lathhouse, milk… …
16conservatory — Synonyms and related words: academy of music, acting school, alcove, arbor, archives, armory, arsenal, art school, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, bower, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, choir school,… …
17glasshouse — Synonyms and related words: alcove, arbor, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo, greenhouse, hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pergola, pinery, retreat, seedbed,… …
18greenhouse — Synonyms and related words: alcove, arbor, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo, glasshouse, hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pergola, pinery, retreat, seedbed,… …
19hothouse — Synonyms and related words: babied, cloche, coddled, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, dainty, delicate, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, fragile, frail, glasshouse, greenhouse, hotbed, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pampered, pinery,… …
20nursery — Synonyms and related words: X ray, bedchamber, bedroom, birthplace, blood bank, boudoir, breeding place, brooder, chamber, charity ward, clinic, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, consultation room, coolhouse, cradle, cubicle, cubiculum, day… …
