Argand lamp
() A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. |
Carcel lamp
() A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork. |
Crown-post
(n.) Same as King-post. |
Davy lamp
() See Safety lamp, under Lamp. |
Ex post facto
() Alt. of Ex postfacto |
Fresnel lamp
() Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern |
King-post
(n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
Lamp
(n.) A thin plate or lamina. |
Lamp
(n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus |
Lamp
(n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally |
Lamp
(n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. |
Lamp-post
(n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Post-
() A prefix signifying behind, back, after |
Post
(a.) Hired to do what is wrong |
Post
(n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else |
Post
(n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers |
Post
(n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed |
Post
(n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route |
Post
(n.) A military station |
Post
(n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. |
Post
(n.) A messenger who goes from station |
Post
(n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another |
Post
(n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. |
Post
(n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. |
Post
(n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument |
Post
(n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. |
Post
(v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices |
Post
(v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach |
Post
(v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like. |
Post
(v. t.) To assign to a station |
Post
(v. t.) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger |
Post
(v. t.) To place in the care of the post |
Post
(v. t.) To inform |
Post
(v. i.) To travel with post horses |
Post
(v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. |
Post
(adv.) With post horses |
Post-abdomen
(n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax |
Post-captain
(n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy |
Post-disseizin
(n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor |
Post-disseizor
(n.) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. |
Post-fine
(n.) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed |
Post-mortem
(a.) After death |
Post note
() A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand. |
Post-obit
() Alt. of Post-obit bond |
Post-obit bond
() A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. |
Post office
(n.) See under 4th Post. |
Post-temporal
(a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull |
Post-temporal
(n.) A post-temporal bone. |
Post-tragus
(n.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals. |
Post-tympanic
(a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus. |
autopsy
necropsy
postmortem
post-mortem
PM
postmortem examination
post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
| post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
brachiopod
lamp shell
lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
post horse
post-horse
poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
| Aladdin's lamp | (Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie |
anchor light
riding light
riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
arc lamp
arc light | a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
| corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
| discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
electric-discharge lamp
gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
| electric lamp | a lamp powered by electricity |
flash
photoflash
flash lamp
flashgun
flashbulb
flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flood
floodlight
flood lamp
photoflood | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam, used in photography |
| floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
| fluorescent lamp | lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material, mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material |
| gas lamp | a lamp that burns illuminating gas |
| glow lamp | a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode, used in stroboscopes |
heat lamp
infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
hinging post
swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
| hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
hurricane lamp
hurricane lantern
tornado lantern
storm lantern
storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
| king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
| lamp | an artificial source of visible illumination |
| lamp | a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs |
lamp chimney
chimney | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp |
lamp house
lamphouse
lamp housing | housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) |
| lamppost | a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) |
lampshade
lamp shade | a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view |
light bulb
lightbulb
bulb
incandescent lamp
electric light
electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
| mercury-vapor lamp | ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor |
military post
post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
neon lamp
neon induction lamp
neon tube | a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure, luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube |
newel post
newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
oil lamp
kerosene lamp
kerosine lamp | a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light |
pilot light
pilot lamp
indicator lamp | indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation |
| post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position, he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them |
| post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
| post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
posthole
post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger
post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the th and th centuries |
posthouse
post house | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders |
Post-Office box
PO Box
POB
call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |