Air shaft
() A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel. |
Butt shaft
() An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts |
Rock shaft
() A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines |
Shaft
(n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow |
Shaft
(n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon |
Shaft
(n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear |
Shaft
(n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant. |
Shaft
(n.) The stem or midrib of a feather. |
Shaft
(n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle |
Shaft
(n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. |
Shaft
(n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc. |
Shaft
(n.) A pole, especially a Maypole. |
Shaft
(n.) The body of a column |
Shaft
(n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument. |
Shaft
(n.) A rod at the end of a heddle. |
Shaft
(n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion |
Shaft
(n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male |
Shaft
(n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. |
Shaft
(n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air |
Shaft
(n.) The chamber of a blast furnace. |
Single
(a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one |
Single
(a.) Alone |
Single
(a.) Hence, unmarried |
Single
(a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others |
Single
(a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side |
Single
(a.) Uncompounded |
Single
(a.) Not deceitful or artful |
Single
(a.) Simple |
Single
(v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number |
Single
(v. t.) To sequester |
Single
(v. t.) To take alone, or one by one. |
Single
(v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot |
Single
(n.) A unit |
Single
(n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. |
Single
(n.) A handful of gleaned grain. |
Single
(n.) A game with but one player on each side |
Single
(n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
Single-acting
(a.) Having simplicity of action |
Single-breasted
(a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Single-foot
(n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Single-handed
(a.) Having but one hand, or one workman |
Single-hearted
(a.) Having an honest heart |
Single-minded
(a.) Having a single purpose |
Way shaft
() A rock shaft. |
Way shaft
() An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels. |
line-drive single
line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single
bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack
single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
single entry
single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
| single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
chicken louse
shaft louse
Menopon palladum
Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
| quill calamus shaft | the hollow spine of a feather |
air shaft
air well | a shaft for ventilation |
| butt shaft | a blunt arrow without a barb, an arrow used for target practice |
detached house
single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
| elevator shaft | a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor |
racing skiff
single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
rotating shaft
shaft | a revolving rod that transmits power or motion |
rotor head
rotor shaft | the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns |
| shaft | a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) |
| shaft | a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel |
| shaft scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column |
| shaft | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) |
| single bed | a bed for one occupant |
| single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
| single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet
single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop
single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
spear
lance
shaft | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
| transmission shaft | rotating shaft that transmits rotary motion from the engine to the differential |
| ventilation shaft | a shaft in a building, serves as an air passage for ventilation |
| single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
cock
prick
dick
shaft pecker
peter
tool
putz | obscene terms for penis |
diaphysis
shaft | the main (mid) section of a long bone |
uninominal system
uninominal voting system
single-member system
scrutin uninomial system
scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
| single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
shot
shaft slam
dig
barb
jibe
gibe | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect, his parting shot was `drop dead', she threw shafts of sarcasm, she takes a dig at me every chance she gets |
| shaft | a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer |
| single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream
coffee cream
single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
file
single file
Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
beam
beam of light
light beam
ray
ray of light
shaft
shaft of light
irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
single nucleotide polymorphism
SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
single-leaf
single-leaf pine
single-leaf pinyon
Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon
Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
| single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |
| single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone |
one
I
ace
single
unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number, he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it, they had lunch at one |
function
mathematical function
single-valued function
map
mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
| single out | select from a group, She was singled out for her outstanding performance |
cheat
chouse
shaft
screw
chicane
jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
| single | hit a single, the batter singled to left field |
single crochet
single stitch | make by single stitching |
single-foot
rack | go at a rack, the horses single-footed |
| shaft | equip with a shaft |