Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwash |
Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir |
Cycle (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens |
Cycle (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order |
Cycle (n.) An age |
Cycle (n.) An orderly list for a given time |
Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins. |
Cycle (n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire |
Cycle (n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. |
Cycle (v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes |
Cycle (v. i.) To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle. |
Dishwasher (n.) One who, or that which, washes dishes. |
Dishwasher (n.) A European bird |
Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Washing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wash |
Wash (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water |
Wash (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid |
Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion |
Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water |
Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color |
Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal |
Wash (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution. |
Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water |
Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed |
Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea |
Wash (n.) The act of washing |
Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry |
Wash (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water |
Wash (n.) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. |
Wash (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. |
Wash (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. |
Wash (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. |
Wash (n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. |
Wash (n.) A liquid dentifrice. |
Wash (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair |
Wash (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application |
Wash (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. |
Wash (n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. |
Wash (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. |
Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. |
Wash (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave |
Wash (n.) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. |
wash washing lavation | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) |
washing-up | the washing of dishes etc after a meal |
window-washing | the activity of washing windows |
wash | any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out, at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash |
adding machine totalizer totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car auto automobile machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
color wash colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
dialyzer dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
dishwasher dish washer dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
dishwasher detergent dishwashing detergent dishwashing liquid | a low-sudsing detergent designed for use in dishwashers |
electrostatic generator electrostatic machine Wimshurst machine Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
facsimile facsimile machine fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
farm machine | a machine used in farming |
flatwork flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
laundry wash washing washables | garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering |
light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |
machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
machine simple machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
machine screw | a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole, slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver |
machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
machine stitch sewing-machine stitch | a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread |
machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
magneto magnetoelectric machine | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
microwave diathermy machine | diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat |
milking machine | machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically |
miller milling machine | machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it |
mimeograph mimeo mimeograph machine Roneo Roneograph | a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) |
mincer mincing machine | a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces |