Attack
(v. t.) To fall upon with force |
Attack
(v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing |
Attack
(v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
Attack
(v. t.) To begin to affect |
Attack
(v. i.) To make an onset or attack. |
Attack
(n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence |
Attack
(n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
Attack
(n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
Attack
(n.) An access of disease |
Attack
(n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
-blast
() A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation |
Blast
(n.) A violent gust of wind. |
Blast
(n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace |
Blast
(n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire |
Blast
(n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument |
Blast
(n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants |
Blast
(n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast
(n.) A flatulent disease of sheep. |
Blast
(v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind |
Blast
(v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail |
Blast
(v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din. |
Blast
(v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast
(v. i.) To be blighted or withered |
Blast
(v. i.) To blow |
Blast pipe
() The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. |
Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Cash
(n.) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out |
Cash
(n.) Ready money |
Cash
(n.) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds |
Cash
(v. t.) To pay, or to receive, cash for |
Cash
(v. t.) To disband. |
Cash
(n.sing & pl.) A Chinese coin. |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Hot blast
() See under Blast. |
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 |
Whirl-blast
(n.) A whirling blast or wind. |
| blast | a very long fly ball |
solo homer
solo blast | a home run with no runners on base |
| attack tone-beginning | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
| attack | an offensive move in a sport or game, they won the game with a -hit attack in the th inning |
| attack attempt | the act of attacking, attacks on women increased last year, they made an attempt on his life |
| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
biological warfare
BW
biological attack
biologic attack
bioattack | the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food |
attack
onslaught
onset onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons), the attack began at dawn |
air raid
air attack | an attack by armed planes on a surface target |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
banzai attack
banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties, originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' |
| diversion diversionary attack | an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack |
preventive strike
preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
| attack | strong criticism, he published an unexpected attack on my work |
surprise attack
coup de main | an attack without warning |
| terrorist attack | a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims |
| attack dog | a watchdog trained to attack on command |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
aircraft carrier
carrier flattop
attack aircraft carrier | a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
| attack submarine | a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
| blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
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 bar | a counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass |
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 |
cash register
register | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions, used in shops to add up the bill |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
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 |
fighter
fighter aircraft
attack aircraft | a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
| 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 |