Butting joint
() A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint
() A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Demand
(v. t.) To ask or call for with authority |
Demand
(v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly |
Demand
(v. t.) To require as necessary or useful |
Demand
(v. t.) To call into court |
Demand
(v. i.) To make a demand |
Demand
(v. t.) The act of demanding |
Demand
(v. t.) Earnest inquiry |
Demand
(v. t.) A diligent seeking or search |
Demand
(v. t.) That which one demands or has a right to demand |
Demand
(v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. |
Demand
(v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed |
Demand
(v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due. |
Hooke's joint
() A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint
(n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint
(n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint
(n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint
(n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint
(n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint
(n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint
(n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint
(a.) Joined |
Joint
(a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint
(a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint
(a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint
(v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To join |
Joint
(v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint
(v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir
(n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Straight-joint
(a.) Having straight joints. |
Straight-joint
(a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. |
Straight-joint
(a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
Water joint
() A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints. |
| joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
| demand feeding | feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need |
| demand | the act of demanding, the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money |
glass lizard
glass snake
joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
| fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock
hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
| artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
| ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
butt joint
butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
| clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
dovetail
dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
| fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
hinge
flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
joint
marijuana cigarette
reefer
stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
| joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
| joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition
JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke
jook
juke joint
jook joint
juke house
jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |
knuckle joint
hinge joint | a joint allowing movement in one plane only |
lap joint
splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
miter joint
mitre joint
miter mitre | joint that forms a corner, usually both sides are bevelled at a -degree angle to form a -degree corner |
mortise joint
mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
| rabbet joint | a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards |
| rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |
scarf joint
scarf | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end |
| slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
strap hinge
joint hinge | a hinge with two long straps, one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame |
| toggle joint | a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot, used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint |
| tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
universal joint
universal | coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions, in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps |
| joint probability | the probability of two events occurring together |
mandibular joint
temporomandibular joint
articulatio temporomandibularis | the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone |
suture
sutura
fibrous joint | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) |
synovial joint
articulatio synovialis
diarthrosis | a joint so articulated as to move freely |
shoulder shoulder joint
articulatio humeri | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
knee
knee joint
human knee
articulatio genus
genu | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
gliding joint
articulatio plana | a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions |
ankle
ankle joint
mortise joint
articulatio talocruralis | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus |
elbow
elbow joint
human elbow
cubitus
cubital joint
articulatio cubiti | hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped |
| interphalangeal joint | any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or toes |
hinge joint
ginglymus
ginglymoid joint | a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane |
wrist
carpus
wrist joint
radiocarpal joint
articulatio radiocarpea | a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones |
knuckle
knuckle joint
metacarpophalangeal joint | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed |
joint
articulation
articulatio | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) |
ball-and-socket joint
spheroid joint
cotyloid joint
enarthrodial joint
enarthrosis
articulatio spheroidea | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone |
hip hip joint
coxa
articulatio coxae | the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum |
pivot joint
rotary joint
rotatory joint
articulatio trochoidea | a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation, the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint |
| requirement demand | required activity, the requirements of his work affected his health, there were many demands on his time |
| joint resolution | a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto) |
| joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife |