Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Finger (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand |
Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger |
Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand |
Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. |
Finger (v. t.) To touch with the fingers |
Finger (v. t.) To touch lightly |
Finger (v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music. |
Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing. |
Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly |
Finger (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work. |
Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. |
Five-finger (n.) See Cinquefoil. |
Five-finger (n.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens. |
Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint (a.) Joined |
Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To join |
Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Lady's finger () The kidney vetch. |
Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato. |
Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster. |
Prosthesis (n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye |
Prosthesis (n.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved. |
Straight-joint (a.) Having straight joints. |
Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. |
Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
Water joint () A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints. |
finger-painting | painting by using the fingers to spread the paint |
joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
glass lizard glass snake joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
bones castanets clappers finger cymbals | a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance |
butt joint butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
dovetail dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
finger | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb |
finger bowl | small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table |
finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
finger paint fingerpaint | paint that has the consistency of jelly |
finger-painting | a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers |
finger plate escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
hinge flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke jook juke joint jook joint juke house jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |
knuckle joint hinge joint | a joint allowing movement in one plane only |
lap joint splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
miter joint mitre joint miter mitre | joint that forms a corner, usually both sides are bevelled at a -degree angle to form a -degree corner |
mortise joint mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
prosthesis prosthetic device | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body |
rabbet joint | a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards |
rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |
scarf joint scarf | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
strap hinge joint hinge | a hinge with two long straps, one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame |
toggle joint | a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot, used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint |
tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
universal joint universal | coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions, in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps |
joint probability | the probability of two events occurring together |
finger wave | a wave made with the fingers |
mandibular joint temporomandibular joint articulatio temporomandibularis | the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone |
suture sutura fibrous joint | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) |
synovial joint articulatio synovialis diarthrosis | a joint so articulated as to move freely |
shoulder shoulder joint articulatio humeri | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb), her fingers were long and thin |
index index finger forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
ring finger annualry | the third finger (especially of the left hand) |
middle finger | the second finger, between the index finger and the ring finger |
little finger pinkie pinky | the finger farthest from the thumb |
knee knee joint human knee articulatio genus genu | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |