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 |
electrode | a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit |
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 |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
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 |
bare bone | bone stripped of flesh |
bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements, he told us only the bare bones of the story |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
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 |
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 |
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 |
denude bare denudate strip | lay bare, denude a forest |
electrify wire | equip for use with electricity, electrify an appliance |
publicize publicise air bare | make public, She aired her opinions on welfare |
cable telegraph wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
bare | lay bare, bare your breasts, bare your feelings |
wire | fasten with wire, The columns were wired to the beams for support |
wire | string on a wire, wire beads |
hot-wire | start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock, The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van |
wire | provide with electrical circuits, wire the addition to the house |
plain bare spare unembellished unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation, a plain hair style, unembellished white walls, functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete |
bare(a) scanty spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity, a bare livelihood, a scanty harvest, a spare diet |
wire-haired wiry-coated | (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair, a wire-haired terrier |
bare au naturel(p) naked nude | completely unclothed, bare bodies, naked from the waist up, a nude model |
bare-assed bare-ass in the altogether in the buff in the raw raw peeled naked as a jaybird stark naked | (used informally) completely unclothed |
bare-breasted braless toples | having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity, topless waitresses, a topless cabaret |
bare stripped | having everything extraneous removed including contents, the bare walls, the cupboard was bare |