vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
vertical integration vertical combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
chicken louse shaft louse Menopon palladum Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
quill calamus shaft | the hollow spine of a feather |
air shaft air well | a shaft for ventilation |
butt shaft | a blunt arrow without a barb, an arrow used for target practice |
elevator shaft | a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor |
fipple flute fipple pipe recorder vertical flute | a tubular wind instrument with finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece |
perpendicular | an extremely steep face |
plumb line perpendicular | a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity, used to determine the vertical from a given point |
rotating shaft shaft | a revolving rod that transmits power or motion |
rotor head rotor shaft | the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns |
shaft | a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) |
shaft | a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel |
shaft scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column |
shaft | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) |
spear lance shaft | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
transmission shaft | rotating shaft that transmits rotary motion from the engine to the differential |
upright vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake, the ball sailed between the uprights |
ventilation shaft | a shaft in a building, serves as an air passage for ventilation |
vertical file | a file in which records are stored upright on one edge |
vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
vertical stabilizer vertical stabiliser vertical fin tail fin tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |
vertical surface | a surface that is vertical |
vertical tail | the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
cock prick dick shaft pecker peter tool putz | obscene terms for penis |
diaphysis shaft | the main (mid) section of a long bone |
perpendicular perpendicular style English-Gothic English-Gothic architecture | a Gothic style in th and th century England, characterized by vertical lines and a fourentered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting |
shot shaft slam dig barb jibe gibe | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect, his parting shot was `drop dead', she threw shafts of sarcasm, she takes a dig at me every chance she gets |
shaft | a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
vertical circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon |
beam beam of light light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
vertical | something that is oriented vertically |
perpendicular | a straight line at right angles to another line |
vertical angle | either of two equal and opposite angles formed by the intersection of two straight lines |
cheat chouse shaft screw chicane jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
shaft | equip with a shaft |
perpendicular | extremely steep, the great perpendicular face of the cliff |
vertical | of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group), vertical social mobility |
vertical perpendicular | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line, a vertical camera angle, the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab, measure the perpendicular height |
erect vertical upright | upright in position or posture, an erect stature, erect flower stalks, for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression, a column still vertical amid the ruins, he sat bolt upright |
perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles, the axes are perpendicular to each other |
vertical | relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution |