battery
assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
barrage
barrage fire
battery bombardment
shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops, the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
eastern red-backed salamander
Plethodon cinereus | common salamander of eastern North America |
western red-backed salamander
Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
red-backed sandpiper
dunlin
Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
black-backed gull
great black-backed gull
cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
red-backed mouse
redback vole | any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
grey lemming
gray lemming
red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
| A battery | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
battery
electric battery | a device that produces electricity, may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
| battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
| B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
car battery
automobile battery | a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle, usually a -volt battery of six cells, the heart of the car's electrical system |
| C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
charger
battery charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries |
| dry battery | a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells |
| flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
lead-acid battery
lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
nickel-iron battery
nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
quartz battery
quartz mill | a stamp mill for stamping quartz |
solar array
solar battery
solar panel | electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells |
storage battery
accumulator | a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
voltaic battery
galvanic battery | battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel |
| battery | a collection of related things intended for use together, took a battery of achievement tests |
| battery | a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher |
| battery | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place |
| mortgage-backed security | a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public, investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments, usually guaranteed by the government |
battery acid
electrolyte acid | dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries |
| backed | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
| high-backed | having a high back, a high-backed sofa |
| low-backed | having a low back |
razorback
razor-backed | having a sharp narrow back, a razor-backed horse, razorback hogs |
| spiny-backed | having the back covered with spines |
| stiff-backed | having a stiff back, the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling |
| straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
red-coated
lobster-backed | used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats |
broken-backed
hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
| broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
| broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
hunched
round-backed
round-shouldered
stooped
stooping
crooked | having the back and shoulders rounded, not erect, a little oldish misshapen stooping woman |
| backed | used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
| battery-powered | powered by one or more electric batteries, a battery-powered radio |
erectly
straight-backed | in a straight-backed manner, the old man still walks erectly |