Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
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. |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Paste (n.) A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware. |
Paste (n.) Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like |
Paste (n.) A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color. |
Paste (n.) A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass. |
Paste (n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc. |
Paste (n.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded. |
Paste (v. t.) To unite with paste |
Polish (a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. |
Polish (n.) The language of the Poles. |
Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction |
Polish (v. t.) Hence, to refine |
Polish (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction |
Polish (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction |
Polish (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss. |
Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
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 |
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 |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
French polish French polish shellac | a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
nail polish nail enamel nail varnish | a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny |
paste-up | a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing, they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
polish gloss glossiness burnish | the property of being smooth and shiny |
French polish | the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac |
prefix notation Lukasiewicz notation Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands |
postfix notation suffix notation reverse Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands |
Polish | the Slavic language of Poland |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
puff paste pate feuillete | dough used for very light flaky rich pastries |
puff batter pouf paste pate a choux | batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings |
pasta alimentary paste | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg |
anchovy paste | paste made primarily of anchovies, used in sauces and spreads |
tomato paste | thick concentrated tomato puree |
spread paste | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes |
Delaware Diamond State First State DE | a Mid-Atlantic state, one of the original colonies |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
Brady James Buchanan Brady Diamond Jim Brady Diamond Jim | United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (-) |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
diamond | a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
Polish monetary unit | monetary unit in Poland |
rhombus rhomb diamond | a parallelogram with four equal sides, an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram |
polish refinement culture cultivation finish | a highly developed state of perfection, having a flawless or impeccable quality, they performed with great polish, I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad |
spit and polish | careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military) |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |
paste library paste | an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, used on paper and paperboard |