airplane aeroplane plane r | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets, the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane |
beading plane | a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork |
block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood |
bullnose bullnosed plane | a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
chamfer plane | a plane that makes a beveled edge |
circular plane compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces |
combination plane | a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes |
dado plane | a plane for making a dado groove |
double-prop double-propeller plane twin-prop twin-propeller-plane | a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) |
dovetail plane | a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints |
floatplane pontoon plane | a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water |
fore plane | a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane |
inclined plane | a simple machine for elevating objects, consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal |
jack plane | a carpenter's plane for rough finishing |
jet jet plane jet-propelled plane | an airplane powered by one or more jet engines |
jointer jointer plane jointing plane long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together |
match plane tonguing and grooving plane | a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards |
multiengine airplane multiengine plane | a plane with two or more engines |
openside plane rabbet plane | a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets |
plane carpenter's plane woodworking plane | a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood, the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work |
plane planer planing machine | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood |
plane seat | a seat on a commercial airliner |
plane table | surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod, used to sight and map topographical details |
plaza mall center shopping mall shopping center shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
propeller plane | an airplane that is driven by a propeller |
propjet turboprop turbo-propeller plane | an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine |
reconnaissance plane | a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy |
router plane | a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms |
scrub plane | a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
ski-plane | an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield |
smooth plane smoothing plane | a small plane for finish work |
tanker plane | an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire |
warplane military plane | an aircraft designed and used for combat |
dead center dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
center centre nerve center nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
center centre center of attention centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
plane geometry | the geometry of -dimensional figures |
center spread centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
plane ticket airplane ticket | a ticket good for a trip on an airplane |
center centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
center centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated, they received messages from several centers |
nerve center nerve centre | a center that provides information and control, the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam |