Air pipe () A pipe for the passage of air |
Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Blast pipe () The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. |
Break (v. t.) To strain apart |
Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking |
Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose |
Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. |
Break (v. t.) To interrupt |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of |
Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces |
Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of |
Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. |
Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of |
Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information |
Break (v. t.) To tame |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of |
Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence |
Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm. |
Break (v. i.) To open up |
Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties |
Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief |
Break (v. i.) To fall in business |
Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change |
Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality |
Break (v. i.) To fall out |
Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity |
Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. |
Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption |
Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. |
Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning |
Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. |
Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10. |
Break (n.) See Commutator. |
Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Break-up (n.) Disruption |
Burst (imp. & p. p.) of Burst |
Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces |
Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way |
Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within |
Burst (v. t.) To break. |
Burst (v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting |
Burst (n.) A sudden breaking forth |
Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
break | a sudden dash, he made a break for the open door |
water travel seafaring | travel by water |
breakage break breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
explosion burst | the act of exploding or bursting, the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children, the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft |
break interruption disruption gap | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity, it was presented without commercial breaks, there was a gap in his account |
water sport aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
water-skiing | skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat |
water polo | a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal |
break break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving, he was up two breaks in the second set |
break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
break dancing break dance | a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground, normally performed to the rhythm of rap music |
burst fit | a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason), a burst of applause, a fit of housecleaning |
treading water | a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms |
housebreaking break-in breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
fusillade salvo volley burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms, our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
water ouzel dipper | small stocky diving bird without webbed feet, frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom |
European water ouzel Cinclus aquaticus | a water ouzel of Europe |
American water ouzel Cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America |
water snake | any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
common water snake banded water snake Natrix sipedon Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
water moccasin | any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters |
water moccasin cottonmouth cottonmouth moccasin Agkistrodon piscivorus | venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States |
waterfowl water bird waterbird | freshwater aquatic bird |
water shrew | any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams |
American water shrew Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
European water shrew Neomys fodiens | widely distributed Old World water shrew |
Mediterranean water shrew Neomys anomalus | a type of water shrew |
daphnia water flea | minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell, moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae |
cyclops water flea | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming, important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms |
gallinule marsh hen water hen swamphen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
American coot marsh hen mud hen water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
water turkey Anhinga anhinga | blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions |
water dog | a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl |
water spaniel | any dog of two large curlyoated breeds used for hunting waterfowl |
American water spaniel | breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liverolored curly coat |
Irish water spaniel | breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liverolored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail |
water vascular system | system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration |
water beetle | any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming |
German cockroach Croton bug crotonbug water bug Blattella germanica | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe, a common household pest |
water bug | a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water |
giant water bug | large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts, feeds on young fishes |