Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis. |
Cleansing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleanse |
Concentrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concentrate |
Concentration (n.) The act or process of concentrating |
Concentration (n.) The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. |
Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water. |
Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mill |
Crazing-mill (n.) A mill for grinding tin ore. |
Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dress |
Dressing (n.) Dress |
Dressing (n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. |
Dressing (n.) Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. |
Dressing (n.) A preparation to fit food for use |
Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. |
Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. |
Dressing (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. |
Dressing (n.) Castigation |
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces |
Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing |
Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action |
Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on |
Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. |
Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. |
Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot. |
Mill (n.) A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. |
Mill (n.) A pugilistic. |
Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill |
Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine |
Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head |
Mill (n.) To pass through a fulling mill |
Mill (n.) To beat with the fists. |
Mill (n.) To roll into bars, as steel. |
Mill (v. i.) To swim under water |
Mill-cake (n.) The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation. |
Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence |
Plant (n.) A vegetable |
Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant (n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant (n.) A plan |
Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
cooking cookery preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat, cooking can be a great art, people are needed who have experience in cookery, he left the preparation of meals to his wife |
cleaning cleansing cleanup | the act of making something clean, he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
window dressing | the decoration of shop windows |
grind mill pulverization pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
concentration | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material |
dressing bandaging binding | the act of applying a bandage |
homework prep preparation | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) |
dressing grooming | the activity of getting dressed, putting on clothes |
dressing | processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather |
childbirth-preparation class | a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor |
training preparation grooming | activity leading to skilled behavior |
preparation fire | fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
preparation readying | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose, preparations for the ceremony had begun |
concentration | bringing together military forces |
ethnic cleansing | the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
gizzard ventriculus gastric mill | thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
cider mill | mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider |
cleansing agent cleanser cleaner | a preparation used in cleaning something |
coffee mill coffee grinder | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans |
concentration camp stockade | a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) |
cotton mill | a textile mill for making cotton textiles |
dressing medical dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
dressing gown robe-dehambre lounging robe | a robe worn before dressing or while lounging |
dressing room | a room in which you can change clothes |
dressing sack dressing sacque | a woman's loose jacket, worn while dressing |
dressing station aid station | (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded |
dressing table dresser vanity toilet table | low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
flour mill | a mill for grinding grain into flour |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
mill grinder milling machinery | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing |
millwheel mill wheel | water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |