suction curettage vacuum aspiration | a method of induced abortion, prior to the th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix |
threadfish thread-fish Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
air filter air cleaner | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it |
air pump vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
bathroom cleaner | a preparation for cleaning bathrooms |
cleansing agent cleanser cleaner | a preparation used in cleaning something |
dust bag vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
lisle lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
pipe cleaner | cleaning implement consisting of a flexible tufted wire that is used to clean a pipe stem |
screw thread thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
thermobaric bomb fuel-air bomb vacuum bomb volume-detonation bomb aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
thread yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
tube vacuum tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic tube electron tube thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
vacuum vacuum cleaner | an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
vacuum flask vacuum bottle | flask with double walls separated by vacuum, used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures |
vacuum gauge vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
train of thought thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
vacuum vacuity | a region that is devoid of matter |
ribbon thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
cleaner | someone whose occupation is cleaning |
cleaner dry cleaner | the operator of dryleaning establishment |
spinner spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
street cleaner street sweeper | a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department) |
window cleaner | someone who cleans windows for pay |
goldthread golden thread Coptis groenlandica Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
void vacancy emptiness vacuum | an empty area or space, the huge desert voids, the emptiness of outer space, without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum |
thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) |
vacuum vacuity | the absence of matter |
vacuum vacuum-clean hoover | clean with a vacuum cleaner, vacuum the carpets |
string thread draw e | thread on or as if on a string, string pearls on a string, the child drew glass beads on a string, thread dried cranberries |
thread | pass through or into, thread tape, thread film |
thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string, She had her eyebrows threaded |
thread | pass a thread through, thread a needle |
weave wind thread meander wander | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course, the river winds through the hills, the path meanders through the vineyards, sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body |
hang by a thread hang by a hair | depend on a small thing or be at risk, His life now hangs by a thread |