capture gaining control seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
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 |
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 |
bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
church tower | the tower of a church |
clock tower | a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face |
CN Tower | a tower in Toronto, feet tall for broadcasting widely |
conning tower | a raised bridge on a submarine, often used for entering and exiting |
conning tower | an armored pilothouse on a warship |
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 |
cooling tower | a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant |
cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
Eiffel Tower | a wrought iron tower meters high that was constructed in Paris in , for many years it was the tallest man-made structure |
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 |
fire tower | a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires |
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 |
highise tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
Leaning Tower Leaning Tower of Pisa | a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular, construction was begun in |
lookout observation tower lookout station observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |