Climbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climb |
Climbing () p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. |
Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts |
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. |
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. |
Lock (n.) A tuft of hair |
Lock (n.) Anything that fastens |
Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing |
Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. |
Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. |
Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another |
Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded |
Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. |
Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock |
Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks |
Lock (v. t.) To link together |
Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks |
Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing |
Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting |
Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him. |
Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch. |
Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. |
Technique (n.) Same as Technic, n. |
diagnostic procedure diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
desensitization technique desensitisation technique desensitization procedure desensitisation procedure systematic desensitization systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
finger-painting | painting by using the fingers to spread the paint |
lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
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 |
climbing salamander | any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes |
climbing perch Anabas testudineus A. testudineus | a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air, has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land |
airlock air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
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 |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
crampon crampoon climbing iron climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
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 |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
safety bolt safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener sash lock window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
vapor lock vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
lock curl ringlet whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
finger wave | a wave made with the fingers |
scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
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 |
proficiency technique | skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity, practice greatly improves proficiency |
technique | a practical method or art applied to some particular task |
manual alphabet finger alphabet | an alphabet used by the deaf, letters are represented by finger positions |
finger scan finger scanning | biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically |
finger spelling fingerspelling | an alphabet of manual signs |
finger-pointing fingerpointing | the imputation of blame, they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop |
climb climbing mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |