Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws |
Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly |
Clutch (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure. |
Clutch (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle. |
Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird. |
Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws |
Clutch (n.) To close tightly |
Clutch (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp |
Disc (n.) A flat round plate |
Disc (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals |
Disk (n.) A discus |
Disk (n.) A flat, circular plate |
Disk (n.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. |
Disk (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals |
Disk (n.) The whole surface of a leaf. |
Disk (n.) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. |
Disk (n.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil. |
Disk (n.) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones. |
Disk (n.) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. |
Disk (n.) In owls, the space around the eyes. |
Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one |
Single (a.) Alone |
Single (a.) Hence, unmarried |
Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others |
Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side |
Single (a.) Uncompounded |
Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful |
Single (a.) Simple |
Single (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number |
Single (v. t.) To sequester |
Single (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one. |
Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot |
Single (n.) A unit |
Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. |
Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain. |
Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side |
Single (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action |
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Single-handed (a.) Having but one hand, or one workman |
Single-hearted (a.) Having an honest heart |
Single-minded (a.) Having a single purpose |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold | the act of grasping, he released his clasp on my arm, he has a strong grip for an old man, she kept a firm hold on the railing |
single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
blastoderm germinal disc blastodisc germinal area | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula |
acetate disk phonograph recording disk | a disk coated with cellulose acetate |
audio CD audio compact disc | compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music) |
brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
CD-R compact disc recordable CD-WO compact disc write-once | a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory |
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory | a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system), a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user |
clutch | a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism, this year's model has an improved clutch |
clutch clutch pedal | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism, he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other |
clutch bag clutch | a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand |
compact disk compact disc CD | a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record, played back by a laser |
compact-disk burner CD burner | recording equipment for making compact disks |
cone clutch cone friction clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped |
detached house single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
disk disc | a flat circular plate |
disk access | memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored |
disk brake disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
disk cache | a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk |
disk clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks |
disk controller | (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
diskette floppy floppy disk | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit, used to store data or programs for a microcomputer, floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price |
disk harrow disc harrow | a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle |
friction clutch | a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
magnetic disk magnetic disc disk disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
optical disk optical disc | a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface, is read with a laser that scans the surface |
phonograph record phonograph recording record disk disc platter | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove, used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove |
racing skiff single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
RAM disk | (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors, access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off |
Rayleigh disk | an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread, when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity |
removable disk | a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive, removal prevents unauthorized use |
single bed | a bed for one occupant |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
circularity disk shape | the roundness of a -dimensional figure |
intervertebral disc intervertebral disk | a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) |
blind spot optic disc optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
disk file | (computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label |