Air chamber () A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant. |
Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine. |
Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. |
Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin. |
Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. |
Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. |
Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. |
Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. |
Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center |
Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer. |
Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping |
Chamber (n.) Apartments in a lodging house. |
Chamber (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets |
Chamber (n.) A legislative or judicial body |
Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell |
Chamber (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business |
Chamber (n.) A chamber pot. |
Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore |
Chamber (n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. |
Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. |
Chamber (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. |
Chamber (v. i.) To be lascivious. |
Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber. |
Chamber (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber |
Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts |
Lock (n.) A tuft of hair |
Lock (n.) Anything that fastens |
Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing |
Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. |
Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. |
Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another |
Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded |
Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. |
Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock |
Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks |
Lock (v. t.) To link together |
Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks |
Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing |
Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting |
Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him. |
Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch. |
Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. |
Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses |
lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
airlock air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
anechoic chamber | a chamber having very little reverberation |
basin | a bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids, she mixed the dough in a large basin |
bedroom sleeping room sleeping accommodation chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
boardroom council chamber | a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) |
boron chamber | an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons |
bubble chamber | an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles |
burial chamber sepulcher sepulchre sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave |
chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space |
chamber | a room where a judge transacts business |
cloud chamber Wilson cloud chamber | apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor, each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
crematory crematorium cremation chamber | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes |
cylinder piston chamber | a chamber within which piston moves |
cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
echo chamber | an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound |
emesis basin | a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting |
firing chamber gun chamber | chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge |
gas chamber death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
hyperbaric chamber | a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere, used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning |
ionization chamber ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
presence chamber | room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc. |
resonator cavity resonator resonating chamber | a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves |
safety bolt safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener sash lock window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
slop basin slop bowl | a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
torture chamber | a room in which torture is inflicted |
vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
vapor lock vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
washbasin handbasin washbowl lavabo wash-hand basin | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
washbasin basin washbowl washstand lavatory | a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe, where you can wash your hands and face, he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face |
wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
lock curl ringlet whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
chamber | an enclosed volume in the body, the chambers of his heart were healthy |
chamber music | serious music performed by a small group of musicians |
chamber orchestra | small orchestra, usually plays classical music |
chamber | a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly, the upper chamber is the senate |
chamber of commerce | an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests |