Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Dover's Powder () A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic. |
Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. |
James's powder () Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Powder (n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay |
Powder (n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc. |
Powder (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles |
Powder (v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder |
Powder (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt |
Powder (v. i.) To be reduced to powder |
Powder (v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin |
Powder-posted (a.) Affected with dry rot |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
powder-post termite Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
araroba Goa powder chrysarobin | a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases |
aspirin powder headache powder | a powdered form of aspirin |
baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
compact powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror, to be carried in a woman's purse |
Dover's powder | a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
ladies' room powder room | a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
magazine powder store powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
powder | any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder |
powder and shot | ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets |
powder horn powder flask | container for carrying gunpowder, made of the hollow horn of an animal |
powder keg | keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
soap powder built-soap powder washing powder | soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders |
talcum talcum powder | a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented, absorbs excess moisture |
toilet powder bath powder dusting powder | a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing) |
tooth powder toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
powder blue | a pale blue color with grey in it |
powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
carob carob powder Saint-John's-bread | powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree, used as a chocolate substitute |
cocoa powder | the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed, used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream |
baking-powder biscuit | leavened with baking powder |
five spice powder | Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon |
chili powder | powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano |
curry powder | pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices |
powdered milk dry milk dried milk milk powder | dehydrated milk |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
powder photography powder method powder technique | a process for identifying minerals or crystals, a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified Xays, the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification |
powder keg | a potentially explosive state |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |