| motor control | control of muscles |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
| old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
| survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
| amphibian amphibious vehicle | a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
armored vehicle
armoured vehicle | a vehicle that is protected by armor plate |
automobile horn
car horn
motor horn
horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
a bus
autobus
coach charabanc
double-decker
jitney
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
diesel
diesel engine
diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
| electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
| horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
| military vehicle | vehicle used by the armed forces |
| motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motor hotel
motor inn
motor lodge
tourist court
court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
motor scooter
scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
motor vehicle
automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
outboard motor
outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
passenger car
coach carriage | a railcar where passengers ride |
| passenger ship | a ship built to carry passengers |
| passenger train | a train that carries passengers |
| passenger van | a van that carries passengers |
power mower
motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
PT boat
mosquito boat
mosquito craft
motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
reconnaissance vehicle
scout car | fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top |
recreational vehicle
RV
R.V. | a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities |
| self-propelled vehicle | a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion |
spacecraft
ballistic capsule
space vehicle | a craft capable of traveling in outer space, technically, a satellite around the sun |
sport utility
sport utility vehicle
S.U.V.
SUV | a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis |
starter starter motor
starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
stepper
stepping motor | a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps |
| synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
tank army tank
armored combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicle | an enclosed armored military vehicle, has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
| tracked vehicle | a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks |
| vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects |
| wheeled vehicle | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people, the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around BC |
| wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
end-plate
endplate
motor end plate | the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
motor neuron
efferent neuron
motor nerve fiber
motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor nerve
efferent nerve
efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
motor fiber
efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
motor area
motor region
motor cortex
Rolando's area
excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
pyramidal tract
pyramidal motor system
corticospinal tract | any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
motor memory
muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
| vehicle | a medium for the expression or achievement of something, his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views, a congregation is a vehicle of group identity, the play was just a vehicle to display her talents |