Air chamber () A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant. |
Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine. |
Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping |
Chamber (n.) Apartments in a lodging house. |
Chamber (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets |
Chamber (n.) A legislative or judicial body |
Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell |
Chamber (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business |
Chamber (n.) A chamber pot. |
Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore |
Chamber (n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. |
Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. |
Chamber (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. |
Chamber (v. i.) To be lascivious. |
Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber. |
Chamber (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber |
Cloud (n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. |
Cloud (n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. |
Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble |
Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect |
Cloud (n.) A great crowd or multitude |
Cloud (n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. |
Cloud (v. t.) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds |
Cloud (v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud |
Cloud (v. t.) To blacken |
Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports |
Cloud (v. i.) To grow cloudy |
Cloud-built (a.) Built of, or in, the clouds |
Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once. |
Cloud-capped (a.) Having clouds resting on the top or head |
Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer |
Engineering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer |
Engineering (n.) Originally, the art of managing engines |
Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus |
Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses |
Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along |
Track (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast |
Track (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot |
Track (n.) A road |
Track (n.) Course |
Track (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. |
Track (n.) The permanent way |
Track (n.) A tract or area, as of land. |
Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of |
Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power |
Track-road (n.) A towing path. |
record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
nuclear terrorism | the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism |
technology engineering | the practical application of science to commerce or industry |
aeronautical engineering | the activity of designing and constructing aircraft |
automotive technology automotive engineering | the activity of designing and constructing automobiles |
chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
nuclear deterrence | the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence, when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction |
anechoic chamber | a chamber having very little reverberation |
atomic warhead nuclear warhead thermonuclear warhead nuke | the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
bedroom sleeping room sleeping accommodation chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
boardroom council chamber | a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) |
boron chamber | an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons |
branch line spur track spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
bubble chamber | an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles |
burial chamber sepulcher sepulchre sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave |
chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space |
chamber | a room where a judge transacts business |
cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
cloud chamber Wilson cloud chamber | apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor, each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
crematory crematorium cremation chamber | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes |
cylinder piston chamber | a chamber within which piston moves |
dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
echo chamber | an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound |
engineering engine room | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
firing chamber gun chamber | chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge |
gas chamber death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
hyperbaric chamber | a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere, used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning |
ionization chamber ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
nautilus nuclear submarine nuclear-powered submarine | a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power |
nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
nuclear reactor reactor | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements |
nuclear rocket | a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant |
nuclear weapon atomic weapon | a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
presence chamber | room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc. |
racetrack racecourse raceway track | a course over which races are run |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
resonator cavity resonator resonating chamber | a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
torture chamber | a room in which torture is inflicted |
track cart track cartroad | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |