capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
fastball
heater
smoke hummer
bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity, he swung late on the fastball, he showed batters nothing but smoke |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
electric heater
electric fire | a small electric space heater |
| fire control radar | naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target |
| fire control system | naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target |
| gas heater | a heater that burns gas for heat |
| grid control grid | an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube |
| ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
heater
warmer | device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room |
| immersion heater | a heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to be heated (as in a hot-water tank) |
| miniature illumination | painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) |
oil heater
oilstove
kerosene heater
kerosine heater | heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking |
pill birth control pill
contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive
anovulatory drug
anovulant | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
remote control
remote | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance, he lost the remote for his TV |
| solar heater | a heater that makes direct use of solar energy |
| source of illumination | any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation |