| pump priming | introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing |
suction curettage
vacuum aspiration | a method of induced abortion, prior to the th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix |
deficit spending
compensatory spending
pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
air pump
vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
auxiliary pump
donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
| bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
| bilge pump | a pump to remove bilgewater |
| centrifugal pump | a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe |
condensation pump
diffusion pump | vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum |
dust bag
vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
| fluid drive | an automotive power coupling |
| fluid flywheel | a kind of fluid coupling in which the flywheel is the driving rotor |
| force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
| heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
hydraulic pump
hydraulic ram | a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level |
| ion pump | a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface |
| lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
| oil pump | a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts |
| pump | a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
| pump | a lowut shoe without fastenings |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
pump house
pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
| pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| pump well | an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps |
spectator pump
spectator | a woman's pump with medium heel, usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel |
| stirrup pump | a hand-operated reciprocating pump, used in fighting fires |
| stomach pump | a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach |
| suction pump | a pump for raising fluids by suction |
| sump pump | a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump |
thermobaric bomb
fuel-air bomb
vacuum bomb
volume-detonation bomb
aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
tube vacuum tube
thermionic vacuum tube
thermionic tube
electron tube
thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
vacuum
vacuum cleaner | an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
| vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
vacuum flask
vacuum bottle | flask with double walls separated by vacuum, used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures |
vacuum gauge
vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
| water pump | the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate |
heart
pump
ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
liquid body substance
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
humour | the liquid parts of the body |
extracellular fluid
ECF | liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid, the body normally has about quarts of extracellular fluid |
| interstitial fluid | liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body |
| intracellular fluid | liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) |
amniotic fluid
amnionic fluid
waters | the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion, before a woman gives birth her waters break |
semen
seed
seminal fluid
ejaculate
cum
come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
digestive juice
digestive fluid | secretions that aid digestion |
synovia
synovial fluid | viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. |
spinal fluid
cerebrospinal fluid | clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain, fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord |
Pascal's law
Pascal's law of fluid pressures | pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions, the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid, the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law |