Apparatus
(pl. ) of Apparatus |
Apparatus
(n.) Things provided as means to some end. |
Apparatus
(n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative |
Apparatus
(n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function |
Buffing apparatus
() See Buffer, 1. |
Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Start
(v. i.) To leap |
Start
(v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. |
Start
(v. i.) To set out |
Start
(v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened |
Start
(v. t.) To cause to move suddenly |
Start
(v. t.) To bring onto being or into view |
Start
(v. t.) To cause to move or act |
Start
(v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position |
Start
(v. t.) To pour out |
Start
(n.) The act of starting |
Start
(n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm |
Start
(n.) A sudden, unexpected movement |
Start
(n.) The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action |
Start
(v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. |
Start
(v. i.) The handle, or tail, of a plow |
Start
(v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. |
Start
(v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. |
Start-up
(n.) One who comes suddenly into notice |
Start-up
(n.) A kind of high rustic shoe. |
Start-up
(a.) Upstart. |
Stop
(v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop
(v. t.) To obstruct |
Stop
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of |
Stop
(v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving |
Stop
(v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
Stop
(v. t.) To point, as a composition |
Stop
(v. t.) To make fast |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease to go on |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
Stop
(v. i.) To spend a short time |
Stop
(n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped |
Stop
(n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs |
Stop
(n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. |
Stop
(n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone |
Stop
(n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes |
Stop
(n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
Stop
(n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses |
Stop
(n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
Stop
(n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
Stop
(n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc. |
Stop-gap
(n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap |
Stop-over
(a.) Permitting one to stop over |
beginning
start
commencement | the act of starting something, he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations |
| housing start | the act of starting to construct a house |
| start starting | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning), he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital, his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen |
| whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
startle
jump start | a sudden involuntary movement, he awoke with a start |
stop stopover
layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
| night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
| pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
| pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop
stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
jumpstart
jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor |
apparatus
setup | equipment designed to serve a specific function |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
| catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
diapason
diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm
stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
| flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
gymnastic apparatus
exerciser | sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises |
kick starter
kick start | a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body |
| Kipp's apparatus | a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating |
| organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
| stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes, the organist pulled out all the stops |
stop bath
short-stop
short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
stopwatch
stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
| truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
whistle stop
flag stop
way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
start
head start | the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race), with an hour's start he will be hard to catch |
| apparatus | (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function, the breathing apparatus |
| auditory apparatus | all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears |
vestibular apparatus
vestibular system | organs mediating the labyrinthine sense, concerned with equilibrium |
| lacrimal apparatus | the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye |
Golgi body
Golgi apparatus
Golgi complex
dictyosome | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) |
urogenital system
urogenital apparatus
urinary system
urinary apparatus
genitourinary system
genitourinary apparatus
systema urogenitale
apparatus urogenitalis | the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine |
stop order
stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
| stop payment | a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check |
| stop press | late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute |
starting signal
start | a signal to begin (as in a race), the starting signal was a green light, the runners awaited the start |
period
point
full stop
stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
stop consonant
stop
occlusive
plosive consonant
plosive speech sound
plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
| labial stop | a stop consonant that is produced with the lips |
glottal stop
glottal plosive
glottal catch | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis, as in the sudden onset of a vowel |
suction stop
click | a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) |
| start | the beginning of anything, it was off to a good start |
flying start
running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
kickoff
send-off
start-off | a start given to contestants, I was there with my parents at the kickoff |
| racing start | the start of a race |
| flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |