work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
boiler steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
exhaust exhaust system | system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged |
exhaust fan | a fan that moves air out of an enclosure |
exhaust manifold | a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe |
exhaust pipe | a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler |
exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
hood exhaust hood | metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes |
laminar flow clean room | a clean room free of all extraneous particles, used in fabricating microprocessors |
steam bath steam room vapor bath vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |
steam line steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam |
steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
steam shovel | a power shovel that is driven by steam |
steam turbine | turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn |
steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
menorrhea menstrual blood menstrual flow | flow of blood from the uterus, occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
flow flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) |
airflow air flow flow of air | the flow of air, she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
turbulent flow | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically |
streamline flow | flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady |
laminar flow | nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae) |
cash flow | the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a give period of time (not including nonash expenses) |
flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge |
menstruation menses menstruum catamenia period flow | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause, the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation, a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped--Hippocrates, the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females--Aristotle |
stream flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously, a stream of people emptied from the terminal, the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors |
steam coal | coal suitable for use under steam boilers |
exhaust exhaust fumes fumes | gases ejected from an engine as waste products |
steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
flow flow rate rate of flow | the amount of fluid that flows in a given time |
menstruate flow | undergo menstruation, She started menstruating at the age of |
exhaust wash up beat tucker tucker out | wear out completely, This kind of work exhausts me, I'm beat, He was all washed up after the exam |
exhaust discharge expel eject release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |
flow | cover or swamp with water |
steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it, just steam the vegetables |
flow away flow off | flow off or away gradually, The water flowed off from the pipe |
exhaust | use up the whole supply of, We have exhausted the food supplies |
flow out effuse | flow or spill forth |
consume eat up use up eat d deplete exhaust run through wipe out | use up (resources or materials), this car consumes a lot of gas, We exhausted our savings, They run through bottles of wine a week |