roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
roller skating | skating on wheels |
transplant transplantation organ transplant | an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient), he had a kidney transplant, the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent, a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago |
roller tumbler tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight, related to kingfishers |
European roller Coracias garrulus | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
leaf roller leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
lateral line lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians, believed to detect pressure changes in the water |
American organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
barrel organ grind organ hand organ hurdy gurdy hurdy-gurdy street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
boards | the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink |
boards | the stage of a theater, most actors love to stride the boards |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
curler hair curler roller crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it, a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
electric organ electronic organ Hammond organ organ | (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
garden roller | heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns |
harmonica mouth organ harp mouth harp | a small rectangular freeeed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
harmonium organ reed organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
organ pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
organ loft | a gallery occupied by a church organ |
organ pipe pipe pipework | the flues and stops on a pipe organ |
organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
paint roller | a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint |
rock bit roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
roller | a cylinder that revolves |
roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) |
roller bandage | bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
roller coaster big dipper chute-thehute | elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) |
roller skate | a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole |
roller towel | a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller |
steamroller road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
contractile organ contractor | a bodily organ that contracts |
organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
vital organ vitals | a bodily organ that is essential for life |
external organ | an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body |
internal organ viscus | a main organ that is situated inside the body |
sense organ sensory receptor receptor | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
tastebud taste bud gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
speech organ vocal organ organ of speech | any of the organs involved in speech production |
organ of hearing | the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound |
organ of Corti | the hearing organ of the inner ear, contains receptors that respond to sound waves |
gland secretory organ secretor secreter | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
excretory organ urinary organ | an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them |
organelle cell organelle cell organ | a specialized part of a cell, analogous to an organ, the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus |
end organ | a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers |
reproductive organ sex organ | any organ involved in sexual reproduction |
genitalia genital organ genitals private parts privates crotch | external sex organ |