Air drill
() A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air |
Baby jumper
() A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor. |
Borer
(n.) One that bores |
Borer
(n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo. |
Borer
(n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. |
Borer
(n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple. |
Borer
(n.) The hagfish (Myxine). |
Drill
(v. t.) To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill |
Drill
(v. t.) To train in the military art |
Drill
(v. i.) To practice an exercise or exercises |
Drill
(n.) An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances |
Drill
(n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like |
Drill
(n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition |
Drill
(n.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. |
Drill
(v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling |
Drill
(v. t.) To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water. |
Drill
(v. t.) To entice |
Drill
(v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. |
Drill
(v. i.) To trickle. |
Drill
(v. i.) To sow in drills. |
Drill
(n.) A small trickling stream |
Drill
(n.) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. |
Drill
(n.) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. |
Drill
(n.) A row of seed sown in a furrow. |
Drill
(n.) A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus). |
Drill
(n.) Same as Drilling. |
Drill press
() A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
Jumper
(n.) One who, or that which, jumps. |
Jumper
(n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. |
Jumper
(n.) A rude kind of sleigh |
Jumper
(n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. |
Jumper
(n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. |
Jumper
(n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. |
Jumper
(n.) A loose upper garment |
Jumper
(n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. |
Jumper
(n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys. |
Percussion
(n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another |
Percussion
(n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision |
Percussion
(n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body |
jumper
jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
| percussion | the act of exploding a percussion cap |
| percussion | the act of playing a percussion instrument |
| percussion pleximetry | tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes |
| drill | (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms |
exercise practice drill
practice session
recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions, practice makes perfect |
| fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire |
| military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons |
| close-order drill | (military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder) |
woodborer
borer | any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood |
corn borer European corn borer moth
corn borer moth
Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
| corn borer Pyrausta nubilalis | larva of the European corn borer moth, a serious pest of maize |
drill
Mandrillus leucophaeus | similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored |
bore
bore-hole
drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
| breast drill | a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work |
| core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole |
dentist's drill
burr drill | a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth |
| drill | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) |
| electric drill | a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor |
drilling bit
drill bit | a bit used in drilling for oil |
| drill press | a machine tool with a separate, upright stand, an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever |
drill rig
drilling rig
oilrig
oil rig | rig used in drilling for oil or gas |
| drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
hand drill
handheld drill | a small portable drill held and operated by hand |
jumper
pinafore
pinny | a sleeveless dress resembling an apron, worn over other clothing |
| jumper | a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen |
| jumper | a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections |
| jumper | a coverall worn by children |
jumper cable
jumper lead
lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
parallel bars
bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
| percussion cap | a detonator that explodes when struck |
percussion instrument
percussive instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
| pneumatic drill | a power drill powered by compressed air |
| power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials |
| star drill | a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry, it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows |
Stars and Bars
Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
straight flute
straight-fluted drill | a rock drill with flutes that are straight |
sweater
jumper | a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body |
twist bit
twist drill | a bit or drill having deep helical grooves |
uneven parallel bars
uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
mustachio
moustachio
handle-bars | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
percussion section
percussion
rhythm section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments |
| claim jumper | one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim |
drill master
drill instructor | a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline |
| jumper | an athlete who competes at jumping, he is one hell of a jumper |
| jumper | a person who jumps, as the jumper neared the ground he lost control, the jumper's parachute opened |
parachutist
parachuter
parachute jumper | a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute |
| ski jumper | a skier who leaps through the air (especially on a ski jump) |
vaulter
pole vaulter
pole jumper | an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |