| astronomy satellite | a satellite equipped with a telescope to observe infrared radiation |
| canteen mobile canteen | a restaurant outside, often for soldiers or policemen |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
| communications satellite | an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth, moves in a geostationary orbit |
| desk phone | a telephone set that sits on a desk or table |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
earphone
earpiece
headphone
phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds, it is held over or inserted into the ear, it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
| mobile | sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents |
mobile home
manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
pay-phone
pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
satellite
artificial satellite
orbiter | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon |
| satellite receiver | a receiver on a communications satellite |
satellite television
satellite TV | a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth |
| satellite transmitter | a transmitter on a communications satellite |
| spy satellite | a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions |
telephone
phone
telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
telephone booth
phone booth
call box
telephone box
telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord
phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line
phone line
telephone circuit
subscriber line
line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone system
phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
weather satellite
meteorological satellite | a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below |
call phone call
telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
phone message
telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
phonebook
phone book
telephone book
telephone directory | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers |
phone number
telephone number
number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
| phone-in | a program in which the audience participates by telephone |
phone
speech sound
sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
orinasal phone
orinasal | a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) |
telephone company
telephone service
phone company
phone service
telco | a public utility that provides telephone service |
| Mobile | a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay |
Galilean satellite
Galilean | one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo |
Mobile
Mobile River | a river in southwestern Alabama, flows into Mobile Bay |
| Mobile Bay | a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, fed by the Mobile River |
| satellite | any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star |
first cause
prime mover
primum mobile | an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause, God is the first cause |
satellite
planet | a person who follows or serves another |
tapper
wiretapper
phone tapper | someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire |
calling card
phone card | a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls |
call telephone
call up
phone
ring | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone, I tried to call you all night, Take two aspirin and call me in the morning |
| cell phone | call up by using a cellular phone, If the train is late, I will cell phone you |
| satellite | broadcast or disseminate via satellite |
| fluid mobile | affording change (especially in social status), Britain is not a truly fluid society, upwardly mobile |
| mobile | capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another, a highly mobile face |
| satellite | surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power, a city and its satellite communities |
| mobile | moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place), a mobile missile system, the tongue is...the most mobile articulator |
| mobile | having transportation available |