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 |
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. |
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 |
Daisy
(n.) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. |
Daisy
(n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America |
Fudge wheel
() A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. |
Printer
(n.) One who prints |
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 |
Sprocket wheel
() Same as Chain wheel. |
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 |
Wheel
(v. i.) To go round in a circuit |
Wheel
(v. i.) To roll forward. |
Wheel-shaped
(a.) Shaped like a wheel. |
Wheel-shaped
(a.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube |
Wheel-worn
(a.) Worn by the action of wheels |
| daisy cutter | a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground |
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 |
| bar printer | an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs |
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 |
bubble jet printer
bubble-jet printer
bubblejet | a kind of ink-jet printer |
| 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 |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
| daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
daisy print wheel
daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
| daisywheel printer | a printer that uses a daisy print wheel |
dot matrix printer
matrix printer
dot printer | a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix |
| driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
| drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
| electrostatic printer | a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper |
| 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 |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
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 |
idle pulley
idler pulley
idle wheel | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it |
| impact printer | a printer that prints by mechanical impacts |
| ink-jet printer | a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink |
lantern pinion
lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
| laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
| lazy daisy stitch | long chain stitches arranged in flower patterns |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
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 |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
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 |
printer
printing machine | a machine that prints |
| printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing |
| printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
| 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 |