Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. |
Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel (n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
Suture (n.) The act of sewing |
Suture (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. |
Suture (n.) The stitch by which the parts are united. |
Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull |
Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant |
Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam |
Suture (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. |
Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
suture | thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together |
suture surgical seam | a seam used in surgery |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
suture sutura fibrous joint | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) |
coronal suture sutura coronalis | the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull |
frontal suture sutura frontalis | the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of ) |
intermaxillary suture sutura intermaxillaris | the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone |
internasal suture sutura internasalis | the suture between the two nasal bones |
lamboid suture sutura lamboidea | the suture between the occipital and parietal bones |
occipitomastoid suture | the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones, a continuation of the lamboid suture |
parietomastoid suture | the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones |
sagittal suture interparietal suture sutura sagittalis | the suture uniting the two parietal bones |
steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |