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 |
Diamond
(n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. |
Diamond
(n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse |
Diamond
(n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. |
Diamond
(n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. |
Diamond
(n.) The infield |
Diamond
(n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. |
Diamond
(a.) Resembling a diamond |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Diamond-shaped
(a.) Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. |
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 |
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 |
Tool
(n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations |
Tool
(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials |
Tool
(n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service. |
Tool
(n.) A weapon. |
Tool
(n.) A person used as an instrument by another person |
Tool
(v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool. |
Tool
(v. t.) To drive, as a coach. |
Tool-post
(n.) Alt. of Tool-stock |
Tool-stock
(n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped. |
Tool-rest
(n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool. |
Top-dressing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top-dress |
Top-dressing
(n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land |
Top-tool
(n.) A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed. |
Water dressing
() The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water |
instrument
tool | the means whereby some act is accomplished, my greed was the instrument of my destruction, science has given us new tools to fight disease |
| window dressing | the decoration of shop windows |
| tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
dressing bandaging
binding | the act of applying a bandage |
dressing
grooming | the activity of getting dressed, putting on clothes |
| dressing | processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather |
transvestism
transvestitism
cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
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 |
ball field
baseball field
diamond | the baseball playing field |
baseball diamond
diamond
infield | the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by bases and home plate |
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 |
carpenter's kit
tool kit | a set of carpenter's tools |
| 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 |
cutter
cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
daisy print wheel
daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
| diamond | a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it, he led a small diamond, diamonds were trumps |
| diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
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 |
| driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
| edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
entrenching tool
trenching spade | a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches |
| 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 |
garden tool
lawn tool | used for working in gardens or yards |
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 |
graver
graving tool
pointel
pointrel | a tool used by an engraver |
grinding wheel
emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
| hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands |
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 |
| machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
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 |