Adjusting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjust |
Control
(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register |
Control
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder |
Control
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain |
Control
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account |
Control
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over |
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 |
Inlet
(n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered |
Inlet
(n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river |
Inlet
(n.) That which is let in or inland |
Point-device
(a.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Point-device
(adv.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Self-adjusting
(a.) Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand |
Self-control
(n.) Control of one's self |
Twist
(v. t.) To contort |
Twist
(v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning |
Twist
(v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both |
Twist
(v. t.) To wreathe |
Twist
(v. t.) To wind into |
Twist
(v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another |
Twist
(v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another |
Twist
(v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments |
Twist
(v. i.) To be contorted |
Twist
(v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course |
Twist
(n.) The act of twisting |
Twist
(n.) The form given in twisting. |
Twist
(n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts. |
Twist
(n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other. |
Twist
(n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like. |
Twist
(n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties. |
Twist
(n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked. |
Twist
(n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco. |
Twist
(n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling. |
Twist
(n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together |
Twist
(n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon. |
Twist
(n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin. |
Twist
(v. t.) A twig. |
Vane
(n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows |
Vane
(n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind |
Vane
(n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. |
Vane
(n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc. |
Water tu twist
() Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame. |
capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
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 |
spin
twirl
twist twisting whirl | the act of rotating rapidly, he gave the crank a spin, it broke off after much twisting |
| twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
wind
winding
twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
| twist | social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music, was popular in the s, they liked to dance the twist |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
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 |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
vane
web | the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| blade vane | flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
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 |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
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 |