Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Strip (v. t.) To deprive |
Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing |
Strip (v. t.) To dismantle |
Strip (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. |
Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk |
Strip (v. t.) To pass |
Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering |
Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut |
Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut) |
Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. |
Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from |
Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands" |
Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering |
Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread |
Strip (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long |
Strip (n.) A trough for washing ore. |
Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. |
Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
strip poker | poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing |
strip striptease strip show | a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music, she did a strip right in front of everyone |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion |
strip mining opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
bimetallic strip | a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
furring strip furring | strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
leather strip | implement consisting of a strip of leather |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
Mobius strip | a continuous closed surface with only one side, formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one enddegrees and joining it with the other end |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
strip | thin piece of wood or metal |
strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street, usually opening on a parking lot |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
taxiway taxi strip | a paved surface in the form of a strip, used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
comic strip cartoon strip strip funnies | a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
strip steak New York strip | steak from upper part of the short loin |
bacon strip | a slice of bacon |
Gaza Strip Gaza | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt, he is a Palestinian from Gaza |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something, he felt a flat strip of muscle |
strip miner | a miner who does strip mining |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
strip alert | a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft, the Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |
alkali metal alkaline metal | any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium), the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline |