Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Clipping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clip |
Clipper
(n.) One who clips |
Clipper
(n.) A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. |
Clipper
(n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. |
Clipping
(n.) The act of embracing. |
Clipping
(n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing |
Clipping
(n.) That which is clipped off or out of something |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Hair
(n.) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. |
Hair
(n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. |
Hair
(n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes |
Hair
(n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. |
Hair
(n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar). |
Hair
(n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. |
Hair
(n.) A haircloth. |
Hair
(n.) Any very small distance, or degree |
Hair'sbreadth
() The diameter or breadth of a hair |
Hair-brown
(a.) Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green. |
Hair grass
() A grass with very slender leaves or branches |
Hair-salt
(n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers. |
Lady's hair
() A plant of the genus Briza (B. media) |
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 |
Maid's hair
() The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). |
Trimmer
(n.) One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. |
Trimmer
(n.) One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like |
Trimmer
(n.) An instrument with which trimming is done. |
Trimmer
(n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header. |
hair care
haircare
hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
| hair coloring | the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair |
clip
clipping
snip | the act of clipping or snipping |
trim
trimming clipping | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
brewer's mole
hair-tailed mole
Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
| guard hair | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals |
| hair | a filamentous projection or process on an organism |
whisker
vibrissa
sensory hair | a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat |
earless seal
true seal
hair seal | any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers |
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 |
| 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 |
camel's hair
camelhair | a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel |
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 |
| clipper | scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural) |
| clipper | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) |
| clipper clipper ship | a fast sailing ship used in former times |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
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 |
curler
hair curler
roller crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it, a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
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 |
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 |
haircloth
hair | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair, used for upholstery or stiffening in garments |
hairdressing
hair tonic
hair oil
hair grease | a toiletry for the hair |
hairpiece
false hair
postiche | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
| hair shirt | an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair, worn next to the skin as a penance |
| hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
| hair space | (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters |
| hair spray | toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place |
| hair trigger | a gun trigger that responds with little pressure |
hand blower
blow dryer
blow drier
hair dryer
hair drier | a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair, used for styling hair |
| 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 |
| hedge trimmer | a garden tool for trimming hedges |
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 |
| light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |