Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions |
Flat (superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground |
Flat (superl.) Wanting relief |
Flat (superl.) Tasteless |
Flat (superl.) Unanimated |
Flat (superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings |
Flat (superl.) Clear |
Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch |
Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill |
Flat (superl.) Sonant |
Flat (adv.) In a flat manner |
Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest. |
Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences |
Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide |
Flat (n.) Something broad and flat in form |
Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. |
Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. |
Flat (n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides |
Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions. |
Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything |
Flat (n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building |
Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein |
Flat (n.) A dull fellow |
Flat (n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower. |
Flat (n.) A homaloid space or extension. |
Flat (v. t.) To make flat |
Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless |
Flat (v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note |
Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened |
Flat (v. i.) To fall form the pitch. |
Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom |
Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Flat-footed (a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep. |
Flat-footed (a.) Firm-footed |
Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along |
Knitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knit |
Knitting (n.) The work of a knitter |
Knitting (n.) Union formed by knitting, as of bones. |
Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Warp (v. t.) To throw |
knitting | creating knitted wear |
adding machine totalizer totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
apartment flat | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car auto automobile machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
cloth cap flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
dialyzer dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
dishwasher dish washer dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
electrostatic generator electrostatic machine Wimshurst machine Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
facsimile facsimile machine fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
farm machine | a machine used in farming |
flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, part of a stage setting |
flat flat tire | a deflated pneumatic tire |
flat | a shallow box in which seedlings are started |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
flat bench | a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises |
flatcar flatbed flat | freight car without permanent sides or roof |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
flat panel display FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
flat tip screwdriver | a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw |
flatwork flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
high-warp loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically, for weaving tapestry |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
knit knitting knitwork | needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
knitting stitch | a stitch taken in knitting |
light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |
low-warp-loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally, for weaving tapestry |
machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |