catena - a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)

daisy chain - (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences

series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"

chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

closed chain, ring - (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

open chain - a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring

building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"

molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

anchor chain - the chain that attaches an anchor to a vessel

bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

bicycle chain - a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle

chain printer - an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain

chain tongs, chain wrench - a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes; an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe

chatelaine - a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc.

watch chain, watch guard, fob - short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

ligament - any connection or unifying bond

paper chain - a chain made of loops of colored paper; used to decorate a room

pull chain - a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet)

snow chains, tire chains - chains attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow

chain store - one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise

dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays

business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

apparel chain - a chain of clothing stores

discount chain - a chain of discount stores

restaurant chain - a chain of restaurants

retail chain - a chain of retail stores

constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

linear unit - a unit of measurement of length

foot, ft - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"

yard, pace - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

Gunter's chain - a unit of length (22 yards)

engineer's chain - a unit of length (100 ft)

link - a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

nautical chain - a nautical unit of length (15 ft)

biochemist - someone with special training in biochemistry

Adirondack Mountains, Adirondacks - a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area

Admiralty Range - mountains in Antarctica north of Victoria Land

Alaska Range - a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley

Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia

Alps, the Alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction

Andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast

Apennines - a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States

Atlas Mountains - a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia

Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range

Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains, Balkans - the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula

Berkshire Hills, Berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area

Black Hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore

Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from Pennsylvania to northern Georgia

Cantabrian Mountains - a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay

Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area

Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

Catskill Mountains, Catskills - a range of the Appalachians west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas

Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains - the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia

Coast Mountains, Coast Range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California

Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians

Dolomite Alps - an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone

geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth

Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia

Great Smoky Mountains - part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee

Guadalupe Mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains

Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, the Himalaya - a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain

Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains - a mountain range extending west of the Himalayas

Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range - a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak

Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains, Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains - a mountain range in China

massif - a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

Mesabi Range - a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887

Mount Carmel - a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast; "according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel"

hamper, shackle, trammels, trammel, bond - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)

arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

concatenate - arranged into chained list

fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"