Birdcage
(n.) A cage for confining birds. |
Engineering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer |
Engineering
(n.) Originally, the art of managing engines |
Fuel
(n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning |
Fuel
(n.) Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. |
Fuel
(v. t.) To feed with fuel. |
Fuel
(v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing. |
Nuclear
(a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus |
Rack
(n.) Same as Arrack. |
Rack
(n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. |
Rack
(n.) A wreck |
Rack
(n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. |
Rack
(v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. |
Rack
(v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body |
Rack
(n.) A fast amble. |
Rack
(v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. |
Rack
(a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. |
Rack
(a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated |
Rack
(a.) An instrument for bending a bow. |
Rack
(a.) A grate on which bacon is laid. |
Rack
(a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. |
Rack
(a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display |
Rack
(a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes |
Rack
(a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. |
Rack
(a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. |
Rack
(a.) A distaff. |
Rack
(a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. |
Rack
(a.) That which is extorted |
Rack
(v. t.) To extend by the application of force |
Rack
(v. t.) To torment |
Rack
(v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense |
Rack
(v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. |
Rack
(v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. |
Rack-rent
(n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it |
Rack-rent
(v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. |
Rack-renter
(n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent. |
Rack-renter
(n.) One who exacts rack-rent. |
Spent
(imp. & p. p.) of Spend |
Spent
(a.) Exhausted |
Spent
(a.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm |
rack
single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
| rack | a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cell nuclear transfer
SCNT
nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
| nuclear terrorism | the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism |
technology
engineering | the practical application of science to commerce or industry |
| aeronautical engineering | the activity of designing and constructing aircraft |
automotive technology
automotive engineering | the activity of designing and constructing automobiles |
| chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
| nuclear deterrence | the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence, when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction |
atomic warhead
nuclear warhead
thermonuclear warhead
nuke | the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
| bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
| birdcage | a cage in which a bird can be kept |
| birdcage mask | a catcher's mask with a strong wire face |
| bomb rack | a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs |
coatrack
coat rack
hatrack | a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
| dish rack | a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them |
| dress rack | a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store |
engineering
engine room | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
fuel-air explosive
FAE | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges, the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen, the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below |
| fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
| fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
fuel gauge
fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
fuel injection
fuel injection system | mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internalombustion engine, avoids the need for a carburetor |
fuel line
gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
| fuel system | equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine |
luggage rack
roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
| magazine rack | a rack for displaying magazines |
music stand
music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
nautilus
nuclear submarine
nuclear-powered submarine | a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power |
| nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
nuclear reactor
reactor | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements |
| nuclear rocket | a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant |
nuclear weapon
atomic weapon | a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
| pipe rack | a rack for holding a smoker's pipes |
| plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
pod
fuel pod | a detachable container of fuel on an airplane |
rack
stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
| rack | framework for holding objects |
| rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack, converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) |
| ski rack | a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle |
| spice rack | a rack for displaying containers filled with spices |
thermobaric bomb
fuel-air bomb
vacuum bomb
volume-detonation bomb
aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
| tie rack | a rack for storing ties |
towel rack
towel horse | a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung |
| nuclear medicine | the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells |
radiochemistry
nuclear chemistry | the chemistry of radioactive substances |
nuclear physics
atomic physics
nucleonics | the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei |
engineering
engineering science
applied science
technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |