rocket firing
rocket launching | the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power |
discharge
firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
trigger
induction initiation | an act that sets in motion some course of events |
dismissal
dismission
discharge firing liberation release sack
sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
ignition
firing
lighting
kindling
inflammation | the act of setting something on fire |
| lever hang | a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position |
| finger-painting | painting by using the fingers to spread the paint |
fire
firing | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy, hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes, they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire |
bones
castanets
clappers
finger cymbals | a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance |
| compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
| finger | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb |
| finger bowl | small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table |
| finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
| finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
finger paint
fingerpaint | paint that has the consistency of jelly |
| finger-painting | a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers |
finger plate
escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
firing chamber
gun chamber | chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge |
| firing pin | striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer |
firing range
target range | a practice range for target practice |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
gunlock
firing mechanism | the action that ignites the charge in a firearm |
gun trigger
trigger | lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun |
| hair trigger | a gun trigger that responds with little pressure |
| lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
| lever lever tumbler | a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock |
| lever | a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum |
| lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
parallel bars
bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
pedal
treadle
foot pedal
foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
plutonium trigger
plutonium pit | a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives |
| spark lever | (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition |
Stars and Bars
Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
steelyard
lever scale
beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
| trigger | a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen |
uneven parallel bars
uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
| finger wave | a wave made with the fingers |
mustachio
moustachio
handle-bars | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
| finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb), her fingers were long and thin |
index
index finger
forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
ring finger
annualry | the third finger (especially of the left hand) |
| middle finger | the second finger, between the index finger and the ring finger |
little finger
pinkie
pinky | the finger farthest from the thumb |
manual alphabet
finger alphabet | an alphabet used by the deaf, letters are represented by finger positions |
finger scan
finger scanning | biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically |
finger spelling
fingerspelling | an alphabet of manual signs |
finger-pointing
fingerpointing | the imputation of blame, they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop |
| finger food | food to be eaten with the fingers |
fish stick
fish finger | a long fillet of fish breaded and fried |
| firing line | the most advanced and responsible group in an activity, the firing line is where the action is |