Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. |
Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Casse Paper () Broken paper |
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 |
Note paper () Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. |
Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. |
Paper (n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. |
Paper (n.) A printed or written instrument |
Paper (n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically |
Paper (n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness |
Paper (n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below. |
Paper (n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity |
Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application |
Paper (a.) Of or pertaining to paper |
Paper (v. t.) To cover with paper |
Paper (v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper. |
Paper (v. t.) To put on paper |
Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. |
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. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
paper chase hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
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) |
paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
paper nautilus nautilus Argonaut Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
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 |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
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 |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
counterpart similitude twin | a duplicate copy |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
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 |
Dixie cup paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
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 |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
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 |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
letter opener paper knife paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
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 |