Device
(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design |
Device
(n.) Power of devising |
Device
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. |
Device
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing. |
Device
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived. |
Device
(n.) A spectacle or show. |
Device
(n.) Opinion |
Entry
(n.) The act of entering or passing into or upon |
Entry
(n.) The act of making or entering a record |
Entry
(n.) That by which entrance is made |
Entry
(n.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods |
Entry
(n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. |
Entry
(n.) A putting upon record in proper form and order. |
Entry
(n.) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. |
Lever
(a.) More agreeable |
Lever
(adv.) Rather. |
Lever
(n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied |
Lever
(n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it. |
Lever
(n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it. |
Locking
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lock |
Mechanical
(a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion |
Mechanical
(a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools |
Mechanical
(a.) Done as if by a machine |
Mechanical
(a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence |
Mechanical
(a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc. |
Mechanical
(n.) A mechanic. |
Point-device
(a.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Point-device
(adv.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Railway
(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. |
Railway
(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property |
Section
(n.) The act of cutting, or separation by cutting |
Section
(n.) A part separated from something |
Section
(n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing |
Section
(n.) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like |
Section
(n.) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided |
Section
(n.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point. |
Section
(n.) A division of a genus |
Section
(n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase. |
Section
(n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane |
Signal
(n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger |
Signal
(n.) A token |
Signal
(a.) Noticeable |
Signal
(a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information |
Signal
(v. t.) To communicate by signals |
Signal
(v. t.) To notify by a signals |
entrance
entering
entry
ingress
incoming | the act of entering, she made a grand entrance |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
device
gimmick
twist | any clever maneuver, he would stoop to any device to win a point, it was a great sales gimmick, a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen |
d cesarean delivery
caesarean delivery
caesarian delivery
cesarean section
cesarian section
caesarean section
caesarian section
C-section
cesarean
cesarian
caesarean
caesarian
abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| Section Eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
introduction debut
first appearance
launching unveiling
entry | the act of beginning something new, they looked forward to the debut of their new product line |
| lever hang | a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position |
| drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
single entry
single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
double entry
double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
incision
section
surgical incision | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
locking
lockup | the act of locking something up to protect it |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
android
humanoid
mechanical man | an automaton that resembles a human being |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
| compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
detonator
detonating device
cap | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive, can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive |
| device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose, the device is small enough to wear on your wrist, a device intended to conserve water |
| device | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry), he was recognized by the device on his shield |
| device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) |
| elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched |
| electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| electromechanical device | a mechanical device that is operated by electricity |
| electronic device | a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
entrance
entranceway
entryway
entry
entree | something that provides access (to get in or get out), they waited at the entrance to the garden, beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral |
| exercise device | a device designed to provide exercise for the user |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
guard
safety
safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
guidance system
guidance device | a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) |
| holding device | a device for holding something |
| homing device | the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective |
| horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
improvised explosive device
I.E.D.
IED | an explosive device that is improvised |
intrauterine device
IUD | contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus |
| 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 |