wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
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 |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
pincer pair of pincers tweezer pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
pliers pair of pliers plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
scissors pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
tongs pair of tongs | any of various devices for taking hold of objects, usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
virginal pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord, played (usually by women) in the th and th centuries |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
pair | a poker hand with cards of the same value |
pair | two people considered as a unit |
pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
au pair | a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework |
au pair girl | a foreign girl serving as an au pair |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |
malheur wire lettuce Stephanomeria malheurensis | a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard, a threatened species |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
d couple pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet distich duo duet dyad duad | two items of the same kind |
base pair | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands, the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
wire glass | a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it |
electrify wire | equip for use with electricity, electrify an appliance |
cable telegraph wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, This fact is coupled to the other one, Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?, The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
copulate mate pair couple | engage in sexual intercourse, Birds mate in the Spring |
pair geminate | arrange in pairs, Pair these numbers |
pair geminate | occur in pairs |