card game
cards | a game played with playing cards |
| card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
bureaucratic procedure
red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
| adhesive tape | tape coated with adhesive |
| baseball card | a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record |
| Bessemer converter | a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process |
| card | one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes, he collected cards and traded them with the other boys |
card index
card catalog
card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
| card table | a small light table with folding legs, can be folded for storage |
| card table | a table for playing cards (as in a casino) |
| cassette tape | a cassette that contains magnetic tape |
| catalytic converter | a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water, an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system |
cellulose tape
Scotch tape
Sellotape | transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending |
circuit board
circuit card
board card plug-in
add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
compass card
mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that
degrees or North points to magnetic north |
converter
convertor | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
digital-analog converter
digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digitizer
digitiser
analog-digital converter
analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
| duct tape | a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses, duct tape holds the world together |
| electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
| electronic converter | (telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
friction tape
insulating tape | a wateresistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors |
| gaming card | one of a set of cards used in gambling games |
| hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
house of cards
cardhouse
card-house
cardcastle | an unstable construction with playing cards, he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed |
magnetic tape
mag tape
tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
| playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
punched card
punch card
Hollerith card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes |
synchronous converter
rotary rotary converter | electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa |
| tape | a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening, he used a piece of tape for a belt, he wrapped a tape around the package |
tape tape recording
taping | a recording made on magnetic tape, the several recordings were combined on a master tape |
tape tapeline
tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
| tape cartridge | a cartridge containing magnetic tape, for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems |
| tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers), a component in an audio system |
tape drive
tape transport
transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read
write heads of a tape playback
recorder |
| tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
tape recorder
tape machine | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape |
tarot card
tarot | any of a set of (usually ) cards that include cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc., used by fortunetellers |
| torque converter | converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means) |
| trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
trump
trump card | a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps, the ace of trumps is a sure winner |
| wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
| calling card | a distinguishing characteristic or behavior, bombs are a terrorist's calling cards |
| business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation |
| card identity card | a card certifying the identity of the bearer, he had to show his card to get in |
| donor card | a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death |