Blotting paper
() A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. |
Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Casse Paper
() Broken paper |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Jobber
(n.) One who works by the job. |
Jobber
(n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds |
Jobber
(n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. |
Jobber
(n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage |
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 |
Note paper
() Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. |
Paper
(n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. |
Paper
(n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. |
Paper
(n.) A printed or written instrument |
Paper
(n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically |
Paper
(n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness |
Paper
(n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below. |
Paper
(n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity |
Paper
(n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application |
Paper
(a.) Of or pertaining to paper |
Paper
(v. t.) To cover with paper |
Paper
(v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper. |
Paper
(v. t.) To put on paper |
Touch-paper
(n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. |
paper chase
hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
| paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
paper nautilus
nautilus Argonaut
Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
| paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
dishwasher
dish washer
dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
Dixie cup
paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
| 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 |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
| 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 |
miller
milling machine | machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it |
mimeograph
mimeo
mimeograph machine
Roneo
Roneograph | a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) |
mincer
mincing machine | a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces |
newspaper
paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher, when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |