knitting | creating knitted wear |
Insessores order Insessores perching bird percher | a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches), this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists |
perch | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes |
climbing perch Anabas testudineus A. testudineus | a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air, has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land |
perch | spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes |
yellow perch Perca flavescens | North American perch |
European perch Perca fluviatilis | a perch native to Europe |
pike-perch pike perch | any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family |
barramundi giant perch giant seaperch Asian seabass white seabass Lates calcarifer | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities, lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats |
white perch silver perch Morone americana | small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams |
rainbow seaperch rainbow perch Hipsurus caryi | Pacific coast fish |
silver perch mademoiselle Bairdiella chrysoura | small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch, found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico |
rosefish ocean perch Sebastodes marinus | large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
knit knitting knitwork | needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
knitting stitch | a stitch taken in knitting |
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 |