Angle
(n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet |
Angle
(n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet. |
Angle
(n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. |
Angle
(n.) A projecting or sharp corner |
Angle
(n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." |
Angle
(n.) A fishhook |
Angle
(v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. |
Angle
(v. i.) To use some bait or artifice |
Angle
(v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice |
Angles
(n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc. |
Blow valve
() See Snifting valve. |
Country seat
() A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
Double-beat valve
() See under Valve. |
D valve
() A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Kingston valve
() A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Seat
(n.) The place or thing upon which one sits |
Seat
(n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides |
Seat
(n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits |
Seat
(n.) A sitting |
Seat
(n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. |
Seat
(n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests |
Seat
(v. t.) To place on a seat |
Seat
(v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like |
Seat
(v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of |
Seat
(v. t.) To fix |
Seat
(v. t.) To settle |
Seat
(v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in |
Seat
(v. i.) To rest |
Valve
(n.) A door |
Valve
(n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. |
Valve
(n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction |
Valve
(n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve
(n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve
(n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve
(n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell
(n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
| hot seat | a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
| valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
| valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
accelerator
throttle
throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
angle bracket
angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
| ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
bell seat
balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
bicycle seat
saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle |
| box box seat | the driver's seat on a coach, an armed guard sat in the box with the driver |
| box seat | a special seat in a theater or grandstand box |
| bucket seat | a low single seat as in cars or planes |
| butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
| car seat | a seat in a car |
clack valve
clack
clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
| death seat | the car seat beside the driver of an automobile, believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident |
dickey dickie dicky dickey-seat
dickie-seat
dicky-seat | a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater |
diode rectifying tube
rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
ejection seat
ejector seat
capsule | a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency, then the pilot descends by parachute |
electric chair
chair death chair
hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
| exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
| high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
| intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
| jump seat | a folding seat in an automobile |
love seat
loveseat
tete-a-tete
vis-a-vis | small sofa that seats two people |
| mercy seat | the golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| mercy seat | the throne of God |
| plane seat | a seat on a commercial airliner |
poppet
poppet valve | a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat, commonly used in internalombustion engines |
potty seat
potty chair | toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children |
ringside
ringside seat | first row of seating, has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring |
rocker arm
valve rocker | a lever pivoted at the center, used especially to push a valve down in an internalombustion engine |
| rumble seat | a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars |
| saddle seat | a chair seat that is slightly concave and sometimes has a thickened ridge in the center, the saddle seat fitted his buttocks nicely |
safety valve
relief valve
escape valve
escape cock
escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
| seat | any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit), he dusted off the seat before sitting down |
| seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on, there were not enough seats for all the guests |
| seat | the cloth covering for the buttocks, the seat of his pants was worn through |
| seat | a part of a machine that supports or guides another part |
seat belt
seatbelt | a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident |
| seat cushion | a cushion that makes a seat more comfortable |
| slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
| sliding seat | rower's seat that slides fore and aft |
sluicegate
sluice valve
floodgate
penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
| tiered seat | seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front |
| toilet seat | the hinged seat on a toilet |
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 |
| valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
| valve | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |