Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Devil's darning-needle
() A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Machine
(n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine
(n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine
(n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine
(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine
(n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine
(n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine
(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Needle
(n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
Needle
(n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. |
Needle
(n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting |
Needle
(n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. |
Needle
(n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
Needle
(v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle |
Needle
(v. i.) To form needles |
Needle-pointed
(a.) Pointed as needles. |
Sea needle
() See Garfish (a). |
Sewing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sew |
Sewing
(n.) The act or occupation of one who sews. |
Sewing
(n.) That which is sewed with the needle. |
Touch-needle
(n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone. |
Twin
(a.) Being one of two born at a birth |
Twin
(a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another |
Twin
(a.) Double |
Twin
(a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. |
Twin
(n.) One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth |
Twin
(n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac |
Twin
(n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another. |
Twin
(n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other. |
Twin
(v. i.) To bring forth twins. |
Twin
(v. i.) To be born at the same birth. |
Twin
(v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. |
Twin
(v. t.) To separate into two parts |
Twin
(v. i.) To depart from a place or thing. |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
sewing
stitching | joining or attaching by stitches |
dragonfly
darning needle
devil's darning needle
sewing needle
snake feeder
snake doctor
mosquito hawk
skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
ball bearing
needle bearing
roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun
Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator
calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car
auto
automobile
machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
counterpart
similitude
twin | a duplicate copy |
crochet needle
crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
darning needle
embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
dialyzer
dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
| diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
dishwasher
dish washer
dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
double-prop
double-propeller plane
twin-prop
twin-propeller-plane | a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) |
electrostatic generator
electrostatic machine
Wimshurst machine
Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
facsimile
facsimile machine
fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
| farm machine | a machine used in farming |
| franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
hovercraft
ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
| hypodermic needle | a hollow needle |
| ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
| knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
| knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
| light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype
Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph
lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |
| machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
| machine simple machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
| machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
| machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
| machine screw | a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole, slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver |
| machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
machine stitch
sewing-machine stitch | a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread |
| machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
| magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
magneto
magnetoelectric machine | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
| microwave diathermy machine | diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat |
| milking machine | machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically |
miller
milling machine | machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it |