| clock golf | a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole |
alarm clock
alarm | a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time |
| ammonia clock | an atomic clock based on vibrational frequency of the nitrogen atom in the ammonia molecule |
| analog clock | a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial |
| atomic clock | a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules |
| caesium clock | an atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic field |
| clock | a timepiece that shows the time of day |
clock face
clock dial | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day |
| clock pendulum | a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism |
| clock radio | a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically |
| clock tower | a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face |
| controlled substance | a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
| cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
| digital clock | a clock that displays the time of day digitally |
| electric clock | a clock using a small electric motor |
grandfather clock
longcase clock | a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case |
kicksorter
pulse height analyzer | scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass |
| pendulum clock | a clock regulated by a pendulum |
| pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
| pulse generator | a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses, usually adjustable for pulse rate |
| pulse timing circuit | a circuit that times pulses |
| system clock | an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components |
| system clock | a time-of-day clock in a computer system |
| time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
| turret clock | a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower |
| wall clock | a clock mounted on a wall |
water clock
clepsydra
water glass | clock that measures time by the escape of water |
| clock-watching | paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work) |
| pulse modulation | modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses |
| pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
pulse
pulsation heartbeat
beat | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart, he could feel the beat of her heart |
pulsation
pulsing
pulse impulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients), the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star |
| pulse | edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) |
| clock watcher | a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time |
Nyctaginaceae
family Nyctaginaceae
Allioniaceae
family Allioniaceae
four-o'clock family | a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales |
trailing four o'clock
trailing windmills
Allionia incarnata | trailing plant having crowded clusters of brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground, found in dry gravelly or sandy soil, southwestern United States and Mexico |
| four o'clock | any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon |
common four-o'clock
marvel-of-Peru
Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis uniflora | common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon |
California four o'clock
Mirabilis laevis
Mirabilis californica | California four o'clock with purpleed flowers |
sweet four o'clock
maravilla Mirabilis longiflora | leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers, southwestern United States and northern Mexico |
desert four o'clock
Colorado four o'clock
maravilla Mirabilis multiflora | wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers, found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico |
mountain four o'clock
Mirabilis oblongifolia | leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day, found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico |
meadow salsify
goatsbeard
shepherd's clock
Tragopogon pratensis | weedy European annual with yellow flowers, naturalized in United States |
horse gram
horse grain
poor man's pulse
Macrotyloma uniflorum
Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
clock time
time | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock, do you know what time it is?, the time iso'clock |
spacecraft clock time
SCLK | the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft |
| biological clock | an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions |
pulse
pulse rate
heart rate | the rate at which the heart beats, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
| femoral pulse | pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin) |
| radial pulse | pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) |