works deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use |
sewage system sewer system sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
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 |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
works workings | the internal mechanism of a device |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
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 |
works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
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) |
works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
alloy steel | steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon |
austenitic steel | steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures |
case-hardened steel | steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal |
steel | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon, widely used in construction, mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range |
stainless steel stainless chromium steel | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion |
carbon steel | steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains |
crucible steel | steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible |
Damascus steel Damask steel | a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
chisel steel | steel used in making chisels |
chrome-nickel steel Elinvar | Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures |
chrome-tungsten steel | a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten |
drill steel drill rod | carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels |
eutectoid steel | a steel that contains .% carbon (the eutectic point), a carbon steel with .% carbon is pure pearlite |
hard steel | steel with more than .% carbon |
high-speed steel hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
hyper-eutectoid steel | a steel that contains more than .% carbon |
hypo-eutectoid steel | a steel that contains less that .% carbon |
iron blue steel grey steel gray Davy's grey Davy's gray | slightly purplish or bluish dark grey |
manganese steel austenitic manganese steel | a steel with a relatively large component (-%) of manganese, highly resistant to wear and shock |
medium steel | steel with .-.% carbon |
mild steel lowarbon steel softast steel | steel with less than .% carbon |
molybdenum steel | steel containing -% molybdenum, properties are similar to tungsten steel |