fracture crack cracking | the act of cracking something |
chicken louse shaft louse Menopon palladum Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
quill calamus shaft | the hollow spine of a feather |
air shaft air well | a shaft for ventilation |
butt shaft | a blunt arrow without a barb, an arrow used for target practice |
elevator shaft | a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor |
rotating shaft shaft | a revolving rod that transmits power or motion |
rotor head rotor shaft | the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns |
shaft | a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) |
shaft | a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel |
shaft scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column |
shaft | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) |
spear lance shaft | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
transmission shaft | rotating shaft that transmits rotary motion from the engine to the differential |
ventilation shaft | a shaft in a building, serves as an air passage for ventilation |
cock prick dick shaft pecker peter tool putz | obscene terms for penis |
diaphysis shaft | the main (mid) section of a long bone |
shot shaft slam dig barb jibe gibe | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect, his parting shot was `drop dead', she threw shafts of sarcasm, she takes a dig at me every chance she gets |
shaft | a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
beam beam of light light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
fracture break | breaking of hard tissue such as bone, it was a nasty fracture, the break seems to have been caused by a fall |
comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed |
complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone |
compound fracture open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound |
compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) |
depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in |
displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another |
fatigue fracture stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury |
hairline fracture capillary fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin |
greenstick fracture | a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children), the bone is bent but broken on only one side |
incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone |
impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end |
simple fracture closed fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin |
fracture break | fracture a bone of, I broke my foot while playing hockey |
fracture | break (a bone), She broke her clavicle |
fracture | become fractured, The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe |
fracture | violate or abuse, This writer really fractures the language |
fracture | break into pieces, The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle |
cheat chouse shaft screw chicane jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
fracture | interrupt, break, or destroy, fracture the balance of power |
shaft | equip with a shaft |