Blow
(v. i.) To flower |
Blow
(v. t.) To cause to blossom |
Blow
(n.) A blossom |
Blow
(n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. |
Blow
(n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort |
Blow
(n.) The infliction of evil |
Blow
(v. i.) To produce a current of air |
Blow
(v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. |
Blow
(v. i.) To breathe hard or quick |
Blow
(v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. |
Blow
(v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. |
Blow
(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind |
Blow
(v. i.) To talk loudly |
Blow
(v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means |
Blow
(v. t.) To drive by a current air |
Blow
(v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise |
Blow
(v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through |
Blow
(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion |
Blow
(v. t.) To spread by report |
Blow
(v. t.) To form by inflation |
Blow
(v. t.) To inflate, as with pride |
Blow
(v. t.) To put out of breath |
Blow
(v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.). |
Blow
(n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind |
Blow
(n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument |
Blow
(n.) The spouting of a whale. |
Blow
(n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. |
Blow
(n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
Blow-off
(n.) A blowing off steam, water, etc. |
Blow-off
(adj.) as, a blow-off cock or pipe. |
Blow-off
(adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement. |
Blow-out
(n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. |
Blow valve
() See Snifting valve. |
By-blow
(n.) A side or incidental blow |
By-blow
(n.) An illegitimate child |
Control
(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register |
Control
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder |
Control
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain |
Control
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account |
Control
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over |
Self-control
(n.) Control of one's self |
capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
| blow puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth, he gave his nose a loud blow, he blew out all the candles with a single puff |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon, a blow on the head |
blowfly
blow fly | large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly, lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
blowgun
blowpipe blowtube blow tube | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
blowtube
blow tube
blowpipe | a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat |
coke
blow
nose candy
snow
C | street names for cocaine |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
| fire control radar | naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target |
| fire control system | naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target |
| grid control grid | an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube |
| ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
hand blower
blow dryer
blow drier
hair dryer
hair drier | a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair, used for styling hair |
pill birth control pill
contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive
anovulatory drug
anovulant | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
remote control
remote | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance, he lost the remote for his TV |
stick control stick
joystick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
restraint
control | discipline in personal and social activities, he was a model of polite restraint, she never lost control of herself |
| control | power to direct or determine, under control |