Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate (n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate (n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate (v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled (a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Test (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. |
Test (n.) Examination or trial by the cupel |
Test (n.) Means of trial |
Test (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness |
Test (n.) Discriminative characteristic |
Test (n.) Judgment |
Test (n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate |
Test (v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel |
Test (v. t.) To put to the proof |
Test (v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent |
Test (n.) A witness. |
Test (v. i.) To make a testament, or will. |
Test (n.) Alt. of Testa |
Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. |
spin the plate spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT MOT test Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test projective device projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach Rorschach test inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
ctene comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
armor plate armour plate armor plating plate armor plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
bite plate biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
denture dental plate plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served |
dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal |
fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress |
finger plate escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
gusset gusset plate | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist |
home plate home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
hot plate hotplate | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm |
license plate numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
L-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner |
paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
plate collection plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church |
plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
plate photographic plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
plate iron | a plate of iron |
plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
quarter plate | a photographic plate measuring . inches by . inches |
rider plate | a horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson |
salad plate salad bowl | a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad |