Blow valve
() See Snifting valve. |
Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Double-beat valve
() See under Valve. |
D valve
() A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Globe
(n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow |
Globe
(n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape |
Globe
(n.) The earth |
Globe
(n.) A round model of the world |
Globe
(n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle |
Globe
(v. t.) To gather or form into a globe. |
Globe-shaped
(a.) Shaped like a globe. |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Kingston valve
() A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Machine
(n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine
(n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine
(n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine
(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine
(n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine
(n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine
(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Riveting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivet |
Riveting
(n.) The act of joining with rivets |
Riveting
(n.) The whole set of rivets, collectively. |
Valve
(n.) A door |
Valve
(n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. |
Valve
(n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction |
Valve
(n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve
(n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve
(n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve
(n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell
(n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
Yoke
(n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side |
Yoke
(n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. |
Yoke
(n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. |
Yoke
(n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. |
Yoke
(n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. |
Yoke
(n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. |
Yoke
(n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds |
Yoke
(n.) A mark of servitude |
Yoke
(n.) Two animals yoked together |
Yoke
(n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. |
Yoke
(n.) A portion of the working day |
Yoke
(v. t.) To put a yoke on |
Yoke
(v. t.) To couple |
Yoke
(v. t.) To enslave |
Yoke
(v. i.) To be joined or associated |
Yoke-toed
(a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers. |
| valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
| valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
accelerator
throttle
throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
| ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun
Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
| butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
calculator
calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car
auto
automobile
machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
| celestial globe | a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens |
clack valve
clack
clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
dialyzer
dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
| diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
diode rectifying tube
rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
dishwasher
dish washer
dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
electrostatic generator
electrostatic machine
Wimshurst machine
Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
| exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
facsimile
facsimile machine
fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
| farm machine | a machine used in farming |
| franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
| globe | a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
hovercraft
ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
| ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
| intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
| knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
| light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype
Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph
lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |
| machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
| machine simple machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
| machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
| machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
| machine screw | a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole, slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver |
| machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
machine stitch
sewing-machine stitch | a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread |
| machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
magneto
magnetoelectric machine | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
| microwave diathermy machine | diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat |
| milking machine | machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically |