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 |
audio CD audio compact disc | compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music) |
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 |
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 brake disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
disk clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream coffee cream single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
disk pack disc pack | (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device |
batch clutch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together |
clutch | a number of birds hatched at the same time |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
disk space disc space | (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk |
disk jockey disc jockey dj | a person who announces and plays popular recorded music |
single nucleotide polymorphism SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |