roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
roller skating | skating on wheels |
heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
fixed intonation | the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer |
roller tumbler tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight, related to kingfishers |
European roller Coracias garrulus | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
leaf roller leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
artillery heavy weapon gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
curler hair curler roller crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it, a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
garden roller | heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
paint roller | a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint |
read-only memory ROM read-only storage fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
rock bit roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
roller | a cylinder that revolves |
roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) |
roller bandage | bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
roller coaster big dipper chute-thehute | elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) |
roller skate | a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole |
roller towel | a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller |
steamroller road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
fixed phagocyte | a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc. |
heavy | a serious (or tragic) role in a play |
mantissa fixed-point part | the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the mantissa is . |
fixed-point notation fixed-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention |
typewriter font constant-width font fixed-width font monospaced font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
ground swell heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
roller roll rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
double creme heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of % or more |
heavy cream | contains more than % butterfat |
baryon heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
fixed star | any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion |
heavy hitter | an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in |
heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles |
high roller | a gambler who wagers large sums |
Holy Roller | a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor |
pharmacist druggist chemist apothecary pill pusher pill roller | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
roller-skater | someone who engages in roller skating |
big spender high roller | one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment, the last of the big spenders |
fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
nondiscretionary trust fixed investment trust | an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized |
fixed-point number | a number represented in fixed-point notation |
f tons dozens heaps lots piles scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs scads lashings | a large number or amount, made lots of new friends, she amassed stacks of newspapers |
roller coaster | anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down), the economy has been on a roller coaster all year |
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) |