Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Apron string () The string of an apron. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord. |
String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things |
String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession |
String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. |
String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin |
String (n.) The line or cord of a bow. |
String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant |
String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. |
String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. |
String (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off |
String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. |
String (n.) Same as Stringcourse. |
String (n.) The points made in a game. |
String (v. t.) To furnish with strings |
String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. |
String (v. t.) To put on a string |
String (v. t.) To make tense |
String (v. t.) To deprive of strings |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
Shirodkar's operation purse-string operation | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman, is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies |
apron string | (usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
beads string of beads | several beads threaded together on a string |
bowed stringed instrument string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow, the strings played superlatively well |
chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
drawstring drawing string string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
G-string thong | minimal clothing worn by stripteasers, a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
purse string | a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
shoelace shoe lace shoestring shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
string twine | a lightweight cord |
string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
string tie | a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow |
string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings |
string | a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
string cheese | cheese formed in long strings twisted together |
second string | a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game |
string section strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
string quartet string quartette | an instrumental quartet with violins and a viola and a cello |
string orchestra | an orchestra playing only stringed instruments |
string train | a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding, a string of islands, train of mourners, a train of thought |
balkline baulk-line string line | line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
string cosmic string | (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
shoestring shoe string | a small amount of money, he managed it on a shoestring |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |