dust contamination | the act of contaminating with dust particles |
big H hell dust nose drops smack thunder skag scag | street names for heroin |
dust bag vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
dust cover | a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
duster gaberdine gabardine smock dust coat | a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles |
dustmop dust mop dry mop | a dry swab for dusting floors |
light light source | any device serving as a source of illumination, he stopped the car and turned off the lights |
phencyclidine phencyclidine hydrochloride PCP angel dust | a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians, illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen |
source | a facility where something is available |
source of illumination | any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation |
ultraviolet lamp ultraviolet source | any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation |
source seed germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
source language | a language that is to be translated into another language |
source code | program instructions written as an ASCII text file, must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution |
source book | a collection of historically important documents published together as a book |
source program | a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language |
source | a document (or organization) from which information is obtained, the reporter had two sources for the story |
source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
book jacket dust cover dust jacket dust wrapper | a paper jacket for a book, a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed |
reference source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to, he carried an armful of references back to his desk, he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation |
beginning origin root rootage source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
dust bowl | a region subject to dust storms, especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the s |
point source | a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
interplanetary dust | microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium |
quasar quasi-stellar radio source | a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy, many have large red shifts |
radio source | an object that radiates radio waves |
reservoir source | anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival |
generator source author | someone who originates or causes or initiates something, he was the generator of several complaints |
informant source | a person who supplies information |
passive source | an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has |
cosmic dust | clouds of particles or gases occurring throughout interstellar space |
dust cloud | a cloud of dust suspended in the air |
dust devil | a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air |
dust storm duster sandstorm sirocco | a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand, it was the kind of duster not experienced in years |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
source | (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system, a heat source, a source of carbon dioxide |
dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust |
gold dust | the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining |
chalk dust | dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk, chalk dust covered the teacher's hands |
dust | fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air, the furniture was covered with dust |
dust | free microscopic particles of solid material, astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust |
debris dust junk rubble detritus | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
fallout radioactive dust | the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion |
source | specify the origin of, The writer carefully sourced her report |
dust | remove the dust from, dust the cabinets |
dust | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape, The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image |
scatter sprinkle dot dust disperse | distribute loosely, He scattered gun powder under the wagon |
dust | cover with a light dusting of a substance, dust the bread with flour |
source | get (a product) from another country or business, She sourced a supply of carpet, They are sourcing from smaller companies |