Air pump
() A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space |
Air pump
() A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air. |
Chain pump
() A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Force pump
() A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves |
Force pump
() A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure |
Frame
(v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure |
Frame
(v. t.) To originate |
Frame
(v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end |
Frame
(v. t.) To cause |
Frame
(v. t.) To support. |
Frame
(v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
Frame
(v. i.) To shape |
Frame
(v. i.) To proceed |
Frame
(n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together |
Frame
(n.) The bodily structure |
Frame
(n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc. |
Frame
(n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
Frame
(n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
Frame
(n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
Frame
(n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
Frame
(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
Frame
(n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
Frame
(n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework |
Frame
(n.) Form |
Frame
(n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind |
Frame
(n.) Contrivance |
Hogger-pump
(n.) The for pump in the pit. |
Pump
(n.) A low shoe with a thin sole. |
Pump
(n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston. |
Pump
(v. t.) To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. |
Pump
(v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from |
Pump
(v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying |
Pump
(v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump. |
Sprengel pump
() A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator |
Water frame
() A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power. |
open frame
break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
| pump priming | introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing |
| frame | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
frame-up
setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge |
deficit spending
compensatory spending
pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
air pump
vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
auxiliary pump
donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
| bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
| bilge pump | a pump to remove bilgewater |
| centrifugal pump | a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe |
| climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
condensation pump
diffusion pump | vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum |
| force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
frame
framing | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror, the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention, the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held |
| frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses |
| frame | a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film |
| frame buffer | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
| heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
hydraulic pump
hydraulic ram | a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level |
| ion pump | a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface |
| lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
| oil pump | a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| pump | a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
| pump | a lowut shoe without fastenings |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
pump house
pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
| pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| pump well | an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps |
skeleton
skeletal frame
frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
spectator pump
spectator | a woman's pump with medium heel, usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel |
| spinning frame | spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn |
| stirrup pump | a hand-operated reciprocating pump, used in fighting fires |
| stomach pump | a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach |
| suction pump | a pump for raising fluids by suction |
| sump pump | a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump |
tambour embroidery frame
embroidery hoop | a frame made of two hoops, used for embroidering |
walker Zimmer
Zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles, helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
| water pump | the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate |
| window frame | the framework that supports a window |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
heart
pump
ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
skeletal system
skeleton
frame
systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
| frame of reference frame | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning |
coordinate system
frame of reference
reference system
reference frame | a system that uses coordinates to establish position |
| pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |