Balance wheel
() A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel
() A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Car wheel
() A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. |
Catharine wheel
() See catherine wheel. |
Catherine wheel
() Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. |
Catherine wheel
() A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Count-wheel
(n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
Crown wheel
() A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane |
Fudge wheel
() A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. |
Scape-wheel
(n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. |
Side-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side |
Sprocket wheel
() Same as Chain wheel. |
Stern-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern |
Water wheel
() Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water |
Water wheel
() The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. |
Water wheel
() A wheel for raising water |
Wheel
(n.) A circular frame turning about an axis |
Wheel
(n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. |
Wheel
(n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. |
Wheel
(n.) An instrument of torture formerly used. |
Wheel
(n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering. |
Wheel
(n.) A potter's wheel. See under Potter. |
Wheel
(n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases. |
Wheel
(n.) The burden or refrain of a song. |
Wheel
(n.) A bicycle or a tricycle |
Wheel
(n.) A rolling or revolving body |
Wheel
(n.) A turn revolution |
Wheel
(v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle |
Wheel
(v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion |
Wheel
(v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis |
Wheel
(v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot |
Wheel
(v. i.) To go round in a circuit |
Wheel
(v. i.) To roll forward. |
Wheel-shaped
(a.) Shaped like a wheel. |
Wheel-shaped
(a.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube |
Wheel-worn
(a.) Worn by the action of wheels |
wheel bug
Arilus cristatus | large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects |
wheel horse
wheeler | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle |
balance wheel
balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
| bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
| buffing wheel | a wheel that is covered with soft material |
| car wheel | a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap, used to propel the car |
catherine wheel
pinwheel | a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire |
daisy print wheel
daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
| driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
| escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
| Ferris wheel | a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates, provides a ride at an amusement park |
| fifth wheel | a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate |
| fifth wheel spare | an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle |
four-wheel drive
WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
| four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
grinding wheel
emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
idle pulley
idler pulley
idle wheel | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it |
lantern pinion
lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
millwheel
mill wheel | water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill |
paddlewheel
paddle wheel | a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| potter's wheel | a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter, the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around BC |
| rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| ratchet wheel | toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever |
roulette
toothed wheel | a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations |
roulette wheel
wheel | game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling, the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in |
| spinning wheel | a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot |
spoke
wheel spoke
radius | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
sprocket
sprocket wheel | thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
steering wheel
wheel | a handwheel that is used for steering |
treadmill
treadwheel
tread-wheel | a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps |
| wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon |
waterwheel
water wheel | a wheel that rotates by direct action of water, a simple turbine |
| waterwheel water wheel | a wheel with buckets attached to its rim, raises water from a stream or pond |
| wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
| wheel | a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel |
| wheel and axle | hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel |
| wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
| worm wheel | gear with the thread of a worm |
fifth wheel
deadwood | someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded |
| wheel | forces that provide energy and direction, the wheels of government began to turn |
| prayer wheel | a cylinder with prayers written on it, each revolution counts as uttering the prayers, used especially by Buddhists in Tibet |
color circle
color wheel | a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle |
big shot
big gun
big wheel
big cheese
big deal
big enchilada
big fish
head honcho | an important influential person, he thinks he's a big shot, she's a big deal in local politics, the Qaeda commander is a very big fish |
blanket flower
Indian blanket
fire wheel
fire-wheel
Gaillardia pulchella | annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center |
wheel tree
firewheel tree
Stenocarpus sinuatus | eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers |