By-pass
(n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course. |
Controller
(n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines |
Controller
(n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. |
Controller
(n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. |
Pass
(v. i.) To go |
Pass
(v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another |
Pass
(v. i.) To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge |
Pass
(v. i.) To move or to come into being or under notice |
Pass
(v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time |
Pass
(v. i.) To go from one person to another |
Pass
(v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness |
Pass
(v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully |
Pass
(v. i.) To be suffered to go on |
Pass
(v. i.) To go unheeded or neglected |
Pass
(v. i.) To go beyond bounds |
Pass
(v. i.) To take heed |
Pass
(v. i.) To go through the intestines. |
Pass
(v. i.) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance |
Pass
(v. i.) To make a lunge or pass |
Pass
(v. i.) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card |
Pass
(v. i.) In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass |
Pass
(v. t.) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like |
Pass
(v. t.) To go from one limit to the other of |
Pass
(v. t.) To go by without noticing |
Pass
(v. t.) To transcend |
Pass
(v. t.) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc. |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to move or go |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to pass the lips |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress |
Pass
(v. t.) To put in circulation |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance |
Pass
(v. t.) To emit from the bowels |
Pass
(v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. |
Pass
(v. t.) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. |
Pass
(v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing |
Pass
(v. i.) A thrust or push |
Pass
(v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything |
Pass
(v. i.) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. |
Pass
(v. i.) State of things |
Pass
(v. i.) Permission or license to pass, or to go and come |
Pass
(v. i.) Fig.: a thrust |
Pass
(v. i.) Estimation |
Pass
(v. i.) A part |
Pass-key
(n.) A key for opening more locks than one |
Pass-parole
(n.) An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth. |
Sea pass
() A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality |
Solenoid
(n.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet. |
-type
(n.) A combining form signifying impressed form |
Type
(n.) The mark or impression of something |
Type
(n.) Form or character impressed |
| passing pass qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement, his future depended on his passing that test, he got a pass in introductory chemistry |
pass
toss
flip | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team, the pass was fumbled |
base on balls
walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
| pass | a flight or run by an aircraft over a target, the plane turned to make a second pass |
| completion pass completion | (American football) a successful forward pass in football |
pass passing play
passing game
passing | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate, the coach sent in a passing play on third and long |
forward pass
aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
flare pass
flare | a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines, he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss |
| screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers |
lateral pass
lateral | a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer |
| spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field, the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does |
crack fling go pass whirl
offer | a usually brief attempt, he took a crack at it, I gave it a whirl |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| disk controller | (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive |
| high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
| low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
| pass-through | an opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes) |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| solenoid | a coil of wire around an iron core, becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil |
| type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug
slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
body type
somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type
ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy
pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type
mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A
type A
group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B
type B
group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB
type AB
group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O
type O
group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
| type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen
holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
| pass | a complimentary ticket, the star got passes for his family |
pass
liberty chit | a permit to enter or leave a military installation, he had to show his pass in order to get out |
| pass laissez passer | a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions, the media representatives had special passes |
boarding card
boarding pass | a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane |
| hall pass | written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school |
| pass passport | any authorization to pass or go somewhere, the pass to visit had a strict time limit |
| type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
| type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
| type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type
roman letters
roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| bye pass | you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent, he had a bye in the first round |
| pass | one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer), it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass |
pass
head straits | a difficult juncture, a pretty pass, matters came to a head yesterday |