Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful |
Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. |
Hoop (n.) A ring |
Hoop (n.) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses |
Hoop (n.) A quart pot |
Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. |
Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops |
Hoop (v. t.) To clasp |
Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit |
Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. |
Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout. |
Hoop (v. t.) To call by a shout or peculiar cry. |
Hoop (n.) A shout |
Hoop (n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. |
Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. |
Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel (n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
Strip (v. t.) To deprive |
Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing |
Strip (v. t.) To dismantle |
Strip (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. |
Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk |
Strip (v. t.) To pass |
Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering |
Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut |
Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut) |
Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. |
Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from |
Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands" |
Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering |
Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread |
Strip (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long |
Strip (n.) A trough for washing ore. |
Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. |
Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. |
beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
strip poker | poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing |
strip striptease strip show | a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music, she did a strip right in front of everyone |
strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion |
strip mining opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
hoop snake | any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
basket basketball hoop hoop | horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball |
bimetallic strip | a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature |
furring strip furring | strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
hoop ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling, there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse |
hoop | a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt |
hula-hoop | plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
leather strip | implement consisting of a strip of leather |
Mobius strip | a continuous closed surface with only one side, formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one enddegrees and joining it with the other end |
steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
strip | thin piece of wood or metal |
strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street, usually opening on a parking lot |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
tambour embroidery frame embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
taxiway taxi strip | a paved surface in the form of a strip, used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
wicket hoop | a small arch used as croquet equipment |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
comic strip cartoon strip strip funnies | a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book |
strip steak New York strip | steak from upper part of the short loin |
bacon strip | a slice of bacon |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
Gaza Strip Gaza | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt, he is a Palestinian from Gaza |
strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something, he felt a flat strip of muscle |
strip miner | a miner who does strip mining |
hoop pine Moreton Bay pine Araucaria cunninghamii | pine of Australia and New Guinea, yields a valuable light even-textured wood |