crawl crawling creep creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body, a crawl was all that the injured man could manage, the traffic moved at a creep |
motor control | control of muscles |
microorganism micro-organism | any organism of microscopic size |
automobile horn car horn motor horn horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
chip microchip micro chip silicon chip microprocessor chip | electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit |
creep | a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot |
diesel diesel engine diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
hoist | lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects |
motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motor hotel motor inn motor lodge tourist court court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
motor scooter scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
motor vehicle automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
outboard motor outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
power mower motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
PT boat mosquito boat mosquito craft motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
sniper rifle precision rifle | an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military, capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away |
starter starter motor starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
stepper stepping motor | a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps |
synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
preciseness precision | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance, he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton, note the meticulous precision of his measurements |
end-plate endplate motor end plate | the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
motor neuron efferent neuron motor nerve fiber motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor nerve efferent nerve efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
motor fiber efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
motor area motor region motor cortex Rolando's area excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
pyramidal tract pyramidal motor system corticospinal tract | any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
motor memory muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
precision cookie | a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive |
creep | a slow longitudinal movement or deformation |
creep feed | feed given to young animals isolated in a creep |
motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
Detroit Motor City Motown | the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port, center of the United States automobile industry, located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor |
motor | a nonspecific agent that imparts motion, happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action |
creep weirdo weirdie weirdy spook | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
bracket creep | a movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases |
ataxia ataxy dyssynergia motor ataxia | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements, unsteady movements and staggering gait |
motor aphasia Broca's aphasia ataxic aphasia expressive aphasia nonfluent aphasia | aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy | a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood, characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs, progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span, inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant |
motor oil | oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor |
microwave micro-cook zap nuke | cook or heat in a microwave oven, You can microwave the leftovers |
sneak in creep in | enter surreptitiously, He sneaked in under cover of darkness, In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in |
hoist lift wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help, hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car |
hoist run up | raise, hoist the flags, hoist a sail |
hoist | move from one place to another by lifting, They hoisted the patient onto the operating table |
crawl creep | move slowly, in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground, The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed |
sneak mouse creep pussyfoot | to go stealthily or furtively, ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house |
drive motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle, We drove to the university every morning, They motored to London for the theater |