stab thrust knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument, one strong stab to the heart killed him |
knife fight snickersnee cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
razor clam jackknife clam knife-handle | marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell |
bolo bolo knife | long heavy knife with a single edge, of Philippine origin |
Bowie knife | a stout hunting knife with a single edge |
bread knife | a knife used to cut bread |
butcher knife | a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat |
butter knife | a small knife with a dull blade, for cutting or spreading butter |
carving knife | a large knife used to carve cooked meat |
case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
clasp knife jackknife | a large knife with one or more folding blades |
dumb bomb gravity bomb | a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target |
fish knife | a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish |
gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
hunting knife | a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip |
knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument, has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle |
knife | a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point |
knife blade | the blade of a knife |
knife edge cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
knife pleat | a single pleat turned in one direction |
letter opener paper knife paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
linoleum knife linoleum cutter | a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum |
palette knife | a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints |
parer paring knife | a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables |
pocketknife pocket knife | a knife with a blade that folds into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket |
pruning knife | a knife with a curved or hooked blade |
putty knife | a spatula used to mix or apply putty |
steak knife | a sharp table knife used in eating steak |
surgical knife | a very sharp knife used in surgery |
switchblade switchblade knife flick-knife flick knife | a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button |
table knife | a knife used for eating at dining table |
trench knife | a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting |
graveness gravity sobriety soberness somberness sombreness | a manner that is serious and solemn |
specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
knife-edge | a narrow boundary, he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity |
theory of gravitation theory of gravity gravitational theory Newton's theory of gravitation | (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
gravity wave gravitation wave | (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light |
gravity solemnity | a solemn and dignified feeling |
center of gravity centre of gravity | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act, in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass |
normal fault gravity fault common fault | an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
gravity gravitation gravitational attraction gravitational force | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe, especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface, the more remote the body the less the gravity, the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love--Albert Einstein |
solar gravity | the gravity of the sun, solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures |
gravity-assist | (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field |
scarlet runner scarlet runner bean Dutch case-knife bean runner bean Phaseolus coccineus Phaseolus multiflorus | tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial, a preferred food bean in Great Britain |
gravity gradient | a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object, the gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth |
tongue knife | any long thin projection that is transient, tongues of flame licked at the walls, rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark |
knife stab | use a knife on, The victim was knifed to death |