Balance wheel
() A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel
() A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Bessemer steel
() Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Car wheel
() A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. |
Cast steel
() See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Catharine wheel
() See catherine wheel. |
Catherine wheel
() Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. |
Catherine wheel
() A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Count-wheel
(n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
Crown wheel
() A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane |
Fudge wheel
() A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. |
Scape-wheel
(n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. |
Side-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side |
Spoked
(imp. & p. p.) of Spoke |
Sprocket wheel
() Same as Chain wheel. |
Steel
(n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. |
Steel
(n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel
(n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel
(n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel
(n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel
(n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel
(n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel
(n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel
(n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel
(n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel
(n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
Stern-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern |
Water wheel
() Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water |
Water wheel
() The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. |
Water wheel
() A wheel for raising water |
Wheel
(n.) A circular frame turning about an axis |
Wheel
(n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. |
Wheel
(n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. |
Wheel
(n.) An instrument of torture formerly used. |
Wheel
(n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering. |
Wheel
(n.) A potter's wheel. See under Potter. |
Wheel
(n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases. |
Wheel
(n.) The burden or refrain of a song. |
Wheel
(n.) A bicycle or a tricycle |
Wheel
(n.) A rolling or revolving body |
Wheel
(n.) A turn revolution |
Wheel
(v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle |
Wheel
(v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion |
Wheel
(v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis |
Wheel
(v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot |
| steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
wheel bug
Arilus cristatus | large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects |
wheel horse
wheeler | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle |
balance wheel
balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
| bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
| buffing wheel | a wheel that is covered with soft material |
| car wheel | a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap, used to propel the car |
catherine wheel
pinwheel | a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire |
daisy print wheel
daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
| driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
| escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
| Ferris wheel | a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates, provides a ride at an amusement park |
| fifth wheel | a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate |
| fifth wheel spare | an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle |
four-wheel drive
WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
| four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
grinding wheel
emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
Hawaiian guitar
steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
idle pulley
idler pulley
idle wheel | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it |
lantern pinion
lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
millwheel
mill wheel | water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill |
paddlewheel
paddle wheel | a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| potter's wheel | a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter, the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around BC |
| rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| ratchet wheel | toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever |
roulette
toothed wheel | a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations |
roulette wheel
wheel | game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling, the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in |
| spinning wheel | a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot |
spoke
wheel spoke
radius | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
sprocket
sprocket wheel | thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
| steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
| steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
| steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
| steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
| steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
| steel plate | a plate of steel |
| steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
| steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
steering wheel
wheel | a handwheel that is used for steering |
sword
blade brand
steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
treadmill
treadwheel
tread-wheel | a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps |
| wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon |
waterwheel
water wheel | a wheel that rotates by direct action of water, a simple turbine |
| waterwheel water wheel | a wheel with buckets attached to its rim, raises water from a stream or pond |