Brequet chain
() A watch-guard. |
Care
(n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility |
Care
(n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. |
Care
(n.) Attention or heed |
Care
(n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety. |
Care
(n.) To be anxious or solicitous |
Chain
(n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. |
Chain
(n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain |
Chain
(n.) A series of things linked together |
Chain
(n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
Chain
(n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds |
Chain
(n.) The warp threads of a web. |
Chain
(v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain |
Chain
(v. t.) To keep in slavery |
Chain
(v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
Chain
(v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
Chain
(v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
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. |
Chain stitch
() An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain |
Chain stitch
() A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Electro-vital
(a.) Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes |
Emergency
(n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance |
Emergency
(n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy |
Gunter's chain
() The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale. |
Health
(n.) The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul |
Health
(n.) A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. |
Link
(n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. |
Link
(n.) A single ring or division of a chain. |
Link
(n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things |
Link
(n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link |
Link
(n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained. |
Link
(n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end |
Link
(n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4. |
Link
(n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms |
Link
(n.) Sausages |
Link
(v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link |
Link
(v. i.) To be connected. |
Link motion
() A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will |
Medical
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine |
Medical
(a.) Containing medicine |
Sheet chain
() A chain sheet cable. |
Top-chain
(n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away. |
Vital
(a.) Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable |
Vital
(a.) Contributing to life |
Vital
(a.) Containing life |
Vital
(a.) Being the seat of life |
Vital
(a.) Very necessary |
Vital
(a.) Capable of living |
forced landing
emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
medical evacuation
medevac
medivac | the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care |
checkup
medical checkup
medical examination
medical exam
medical
health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
| medical diagnosis | identification of a disease from its symptoms |
prognosis
prospect
medical prognosis | a prediction of the course of a disease |
| emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
hair care
haircare
hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
care
maintenance
upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
| camera care | keeping a camera in good working order |
| car care | keeping a car in good working order |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
| Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
| medical practice | the practice of medicine |
| care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
| primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
| dental care | care for the teeth |
medical care
medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
hospitalization
hospitalisation
hospital care | placing in medical care in a hospital |
| nursing care | care by a skilled nurse |
tender loving care
TLC | considerate and solicitous care, young children need lots of TLC |
| personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
skin care
skincare | care for the skin |
| intensive care | close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions |
care charge
tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
| medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
| healthcare health care | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
healthcare delivery
health care delivery
care delivery | the provision of health care |
| health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
| primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
due care
ordinary care
reasonable care | the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances, the standard for determining legal duty |
| foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home |
| great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
| slight care | such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise |
childcare
child care | a service involving care for other people's children |
daycare
day care | childcare during the day while parents work |
chain pickerel
chain pike
Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
atomic pile
atomic reactor
pile
chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
| ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
booster booster amplifier
booster station
relay link
relay station
relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
| chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
| chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
| chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
| chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw
chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
| chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
| chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |