Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle |
Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone |
Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base. |
Cone (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form. |
Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped |
Cone-in-cone (a.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together |
Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters |
Pseudo-cone (n.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others. |
Spring (v. i.) To leap |
Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring (v. i.) To fly back |
Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring (v. i.) To grow |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring (v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring (v. i.) A leap |
Spring (v. i.) A flying back |
Spring (v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring (v. i.) Any active power |
Spring (v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring (v. i.) A race |
Spring (v. i.) A youth |
Spring (v. i.) A shoot |
Spring (v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring (v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position |
Stem (v. i.) Alt. of Steem |
Stem (n.) Alt. of Steem |
Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind |
Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch |
Stem (n.) The stock of a family |
Stem (n.) A branch of a family. |
Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel |
Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position |
Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk |
Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. |
Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather. |
Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian. |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
stem turn stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
conenose cone-nosed bug conenose bug big bedbug kissing bug | large bloodsucking bug |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
bow fore prow stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
cone | any cone-shaped artifact |
cone clutch cone friction clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
nose cone ogive | front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere |
pyrometric cone | a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures |
set gun spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
shank stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something |
spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
stem | the tube of a tobacco pipe |
stem-winder | a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
cone cone cell retinal cone | a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color |
brainstem brain-stem brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
stem cell | an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) |
hematopoeitic stem cell | blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow, T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
storm cone | a canvas cone hoisted to warn of high winds |
stem vowel thematic vowel | a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection |
windsock wind sock sock air sock air-sleeve wind sleeve wind cone drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
iceream cone | ice cream in a crisp conical wafer |
green onion spring onion scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
spring water | water from a spring |
spring | a point at which water issues forth |
Hot Springs National Park | a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs, bathing is said to have therapeutic effects |
Hot Springs | a town in west central Arkansas, a health resort noted for thermal springs |
Colorado Springs | a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy |
Saratoga Springs | a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing |
Rock Springs | a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border |
hot spring thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring fountain outflow outpouring natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
alluvial fan alluvial cone | a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out |
cone strobilus strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |