auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
auxiliary boiler donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
auxiliary engine donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
cartridge fuse | a fuse cased in a tube |
detonating fuse | a fuse containing an explosive |
fuse fuze fusee fuzee primer priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
fuse electrical fuse safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
off-line equipment auxiliary equipment | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
plug fuse | a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket |
safety fuse | a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter, used to ignite detonators from a distance |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
auxiliary verb | a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
modal auxiliary verb modal auxiliary modal verb modal | an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality |
auxiliary cell | a terrorist cell responsible for logistics, usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells |
aide auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
auxiliary operation off-line operation | a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit |
b blend flux mix conflate commingle immix fuse coalesce meld combine merge aaa | mix together different elements, The colors blend well |
fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating, The storm fused the electric mains |
fuse | become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat, The substances fused at a very high temperature |
fuse | equip with a fuse, provide with a fuse |
e flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
auxiliary subsidiary supplemental supplementary | functioning in a supporting capacity, the main library and its auxiliary branches |
accessory adjunct ancillary adjuvant appurtenant auxiliary | furnishing added support, an ancillary pump, an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism, The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other |