case: (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
myxomycota: slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista