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 |
Blank (a.) Of a white or pale color |
Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks |
Blank (a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited. |
Blank (a.) Empty |
Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety |
Blank (a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc. |
Blank (a.) Absolute |
Blank (n.) Any void space |
Blank (n.) A lot by which nothing is gained |
Blank (n.) A paper unwritten |
Blank (n.) A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc. |
Blank (n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot |
Blank (n.) Aim |
Blank (n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence |
Blank (n.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. |
Blank (n.) A piece or division of a piece, without spots |
Blank (v. t.) To make void |
Blank (v. t.) To blanch |
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. |
Point-blank (n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. |
Point-blank (n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. |
Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal. |
Point-blank (a.) Directed in a line toward the object aimed at |
Point-blank (a.) Hence, direct |
Point-blank (adv.) In a point-blank manner. |
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¡ |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
blank dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something |
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) |
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 |
lacuna blank | a blank gap or missing part |
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 |
planchet coin blank | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
space blank space place | a blank area, write your name in the space provided |
blank endorsement endorsement in blank | an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer |
space blank | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing, he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
blank check blank cheque | a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
free hand blank check | freedom to do as you see fit, many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack |
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 |
alkaline earth alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
fusible metal | an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses |
pot metal | an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots |
Monel metal Monell metal | an alloy of nickel and copper and other metals (such as iron and or manganese and or aluminum) |
type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type |
white metal bearing metal | an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings |
alpha-beta brass Muntz metal yellow metal | a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass, used in making castings and hot-worked products |
Babbitt metal babbitt | an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony, a lining for bearings that reduces friction |
bell metal | bronze with or parts copper to part tin, used in making bells |
Britannia metal | an alloy similar to pewter |
pot metal | cast iron used for making cooking wares |
cheoplastic metal | any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teeth |
scrap metal | discarded metal suitable for reprocessing, he finally sold the car for scrap metal |
gilding metal | a brass that is rich in copper, used to make articles that were to be gilded |
grid metal | a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries |
misch metal | a pyrophoric alloy made from a mixture of rare-earth metals |