Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. |
Bed screw () A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. |
Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. |
Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross (n.) Church lands. |
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross (a.) Not parallel |
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross (prep.) Athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross (v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
Cross (v. i.) To interbreed, as races |
Cross-armed (a.) With arms crossed. |
Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface. |
Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
Cross-bun (n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday. |
Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses. |
Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. |
Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. |
Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. |
Cross-examiner (n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. |
Cross-eye (n.) See Strabismus. |
Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus |
cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
fitting try-on trying on | putting clothes on to see whether they fit |
c fuck fucking screw screwing ass nooky nookie piece of ass piece of tail roll in the hay shag shtup ff | slang for sexual intercourse |
hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
transvestism transvestitism cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
hybrid crossbreed cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
glass lizard glass snake joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
Allen screw | a screw with a hexagonal hole in the head |
appointment fitting | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) |
artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
auger gimlet screw auger wimble | hand tool for boring holes |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
butt joint butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
Calvary cross cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
cap screw | a threaded screw for machine parts, screws into a tapped hole |
Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
corkscrew bottle screw | a bottle opener that pulls corks |
Cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified, used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry |
cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
cross bit | a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges, used in mining |
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 |
cross-stitch | embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X |
cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
dovetail dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
fitting | a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system |
flange rim | a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object |
gas fitting | the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building |
Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
hinge flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
jackscrew screw jack | screw-operated jack |
Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke jook juke joint jook joint juke house jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |