Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Car wheel () A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. |
Catharine wheel () See catherine wheel. |
Catherine wheel () Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. |
Catherine wheel () A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. |
Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
Crown wheel () A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane |
Fudge wheel () A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. |
Rack (n.) Same as Arrack. |
Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. |
Rack (n.) A wreck |
Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. |
Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. |
Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body |
Rack (n.) A fast amble. |
Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. |
Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. |
Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated |
Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow. |
Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid. |
Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. |
Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display |
Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes |
Rack (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. |
Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. |
Rack (a.) A distaff. |
Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. |
Rack (a.) That which is extorted |
Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force |
Rack (v. t.) To torment |
Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense |
Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. |
Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. |
Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it |
Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent. |
Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. |
Side-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side |
Sprocket wheel () Same as Chain wheel. |
Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern |
Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water |
Water wheel () The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. |
Water wheel () A wheel for raising water |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
rack | a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body |
wheel bug Arilus cristatus | large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects |
wheel horse wheeler | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle |
balance wheel balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
bevel gear pinion and crown wheel pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
bomb rack | a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs |
buffing wheel | a wheel that is covered with soft material |
car wheel | a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap, used to propel the car |
catherine wheel pinwheel | a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire |
coatrack coat rack hatrack | a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
daisy print wheel daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
dish rack | a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them |
dress rack | a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store |
driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
Ferris wheel | a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates, provides a ride at an amusement park |
fifth wheel | a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate |
fifth wheel spare | an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle |
four-wheel drive WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
gear gear wheel geared wheel cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
grinding wheel emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |
idle pulley idler pulley idle wheel | a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it |
lantern pinion lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
luggage rack roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
magazine rack | a rack for displaying magazines |
millwheel mill wheel | water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill |
music stand music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
paddlewheel paddle wheel | a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat |
pipe rack | a rack for holding a smoker's pipes |
planetary gear epicyclic gear planet wheel planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
potter's wheel | a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter, the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around BC |
rack stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
rack | framework for holding objects |
rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack, converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) |
ratchet wheel | toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever |
roulette toothed wheel | a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations |
roulette wheel wheel | game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling, the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in |
ski rack | a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle |
spice rack | a rack for displaying containers filled with spices |
spinning wheel | a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot |
spoke wheel spoke radius | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
sprocket sprocket wheel | thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain |