pump priming | introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing |
deficit spending compensatory spending pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
air pump vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
bicycle-built-for-two tandem bicycle tandem | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats |
bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
bicycle clip trouser clip | a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain |
bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
bicycle seat saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle |
bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
bilge pump | a pump to remove bilgewater |
centrifugal pump | a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe |
condensation pump diffusion pump | vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum |
force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
gas pump gasoline pump petrol pump island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
hydraulic pump hydraulic ram | a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level |
ion pump | a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface |
lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
oil pump | a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts |
ordinary ordinary bicycle | an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel |
pedicab cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
pump | a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
pump | a lowut shoe without fastenings |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
pump house pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
pump well | an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps |
safety bicycle safety bike | bicycle that has two wheels of equal size, pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear |
spectator pump spectator | a woman's pump with medium heel, usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel |
stirrup pump | a hand-operated reciprocating pump, used in fighting fires |
stomach pump | a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach |
suction pump | a pump for raising fluids by suction |
sump pump | a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump |
water pump | the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate |
heart pump ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |
cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
business cycle trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
bicycle race | a race between people riding bicycles |
cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |