Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
provision supply supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something |
auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
auxiliary boiler donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
auxiliary engine donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
boiler steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
off-line equipment auxiliary equipment | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
steam bath steam room vapor bath vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |
steam line steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam |
steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
steam shovel | a power shovel that is driven by steam |
steam turbine | turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn |
steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
supply closet | a closet for storing supplies |
tender supply ship | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
water system water supply water | a facility that provides a source of water, the town debated the purification of the water supply, first you have to cut off the water |
supply-side economics | the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy, advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce |
auxiliary verb | a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
modal auxiliary verb modal auxiliary modal verb modal | an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality |
auxiliary cell | a terrorist cell responsible for logistics, usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells |
supply line supply route | a route over which supplies can be delivered |
aide auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
supply officer | a commissioned officer responsible for logistics |
money supply | the total stock of money in the economy, currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks |
auxiliary operation off-line operation | a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit |
supply | offering goods and services for sale |
supply | an amount of something available for use |
steam coal | coal suitable for use under steam boilers |
steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it, just steam the vegetables |
add append supply | state or say further, `It doesn't matter,' he supplied |
provide supply ply cater | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance, The hostess provided lunch for all the guests |
steam steam clean | clean by means of steaming, steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
steam | get very angry, her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man |
steamer steam | travel by means of steam power, The ship steamed off into the Pacific |
steam | rise as vapor |
supply provide render furnish | give something useful or necessary to, We provided the room with an electrical heater |
steam-heat | heat by means of steam |