wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
wild-goose chase | the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable |
Wild West Show Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
motor control | control of muscles |
wild duck | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard) |
wild dog | any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves |
silkworm giant silkworm wild wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth, spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon |
aperea wild cavy Cavia porcellus | South American cavy, possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig |
wild horse | undomesticated or feral domestic horse |
wild ass | any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa |
African wild ass Equus asinus | a wild ass of Africa |
wild boar boar Sus scrofa | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come, introduced in United States |
ox wild ox | any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos |
Asian wild ox | genus of Asiatic wild oxen |
wild sheep | undomesticated sheep |
wild goat | undomesticated goat |
automobile horn car horn motor horn horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
diesel diesel engine diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motor hotel motor inn motor lodge tourist court court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
motor scooter scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
motor vehicle automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
outboard motor outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
power mower motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
PT boat mosquito boat mosquito craft motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
starter starter motor starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
stepper stepping motor | a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps |
synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
end-plate endplate motor end plate | the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
motor neuron efferent neuron motor nerve fiber motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor nerve efferent nerve efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
motor fiber efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
motor area motor region motor cortex Rolando's area excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
pyramidal tract pyramidal motor system corticospinal tract | any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
motor memory muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
wild card | an unpredictable factor, the weather was a wild card |
lamb's-quarter pigweed wild spinach | leaves collected from the wild |
wild spinach | leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach |
hog plum wild plum | fruit of the wild plum of southern United States |
groundnut potato bean wild bean | nutlike tuber, important food of Native Americans |
wild rice Indian rice | grains of aquatic grass of North America |
motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
Wild West | the western United States during its frontier period |
wilderness wild | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition, it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers |
Detroit Motor City Motown | the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port, center of the United States automobile industry, located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor |
blue sky blue blue air wild blue yonder | the sky as viewed during daylight, he shot an arrow into the blue |