tape drive
autolocator
linkage
moving part
mechanism
grip
speed limiter
pull
motionwork
rammer
stickshift
drawbar
tape library
punch press
speedster
rod
jig
Atwood machine
transporter
antirollover
conveyor
snow chain
conveyer
conveyor belt
conveyer belt
power tool
skeleton watch
cassette drive
derrick
automatic transmission
transport
counterdrive
snake
scratch
steering
manipulator
mechanotransductor
attachment
automatic drive
gear change
butterfly valve
coupling
staplegun
telecontroller
weightometer
pedrail
micropulley
tacker
hard stop
reverse gear
spider
coupler
belting
staple gun
stop
translation
feed
pulley block
spoke
block
MD drive
pulley
midgate
reloader
pelorus
pulley-block
mounter
centralizer
carrier
derogator
forestaller
gear
gear mechanism
pallet truck
contrivance
token
pseudophone
pump truck
tackle
tail lift
dolly
power cord
duct tape
slide
boomer
flying fox
shooting stick
tractor
gearstick
constraint
shoofly
treadle
towline
leader
corrugator
degausser
rubber
guard
tape drive
autolocator
linkage
moving part
mechanism
grip
speed limiter
pull
motionwork
rammer
stickshift
drawbar
tape library
punch press
speedster
rod
jig
Atwood machine
transporter
antirollover
conveyor
snow chain
conveyer
conveyor belt
conveyer belt
power tool
skeleton watch
cassette drive
derrick
automatic transmission
transport
counterdrive
snake
steering
manipulator
mechanotransductor
attachment
automatic drive
gear change
butterfly valve
coupling
staplegun
telecontroller
weightometer
pedrail
micropulley
tacker
hard stop
reverse gear
spider
coupler
belting
staple gun
stop
translation
feed
pulley block
spoke
block
MD drive
pulley
midgate
reloader
pelorus
pulley-block
mounter
centralizer
carrier
derogator
forestaller
gear
gear mechanism
pallet truck
contrivance
token
pseudophone
pump truck
tackle
tail lift
dolly
power cord
slide
boomer
flying fox
shooting stick
tractor
gearstick
constraint
shoofly
treadle
towline
leader
corrugator
degausser
rubber
guard
scratch
duct tape
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- The property of genes of being inherited together.
- A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- the technical aspects of doing something
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
noun
- An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
- A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- A lot of something.
- A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
- A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
- Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A long time.
- As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- A handle or other place to grip.
- A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- Assistance; help or encouragement.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
verb
noun
- a device used for pulling something
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
- the force used in pulling
- special advantage or influence
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- a sustained effort
verb
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
- A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
noun
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- The penis.
- A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- A Cuisenaire rod.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- A pistol; a gun.
- A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
verb
noun
- A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- An act of transporting; conveyance.
- A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
- A tractor-trailer.
- A deported convict.
- The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
verb
noun
- A tool to aid cable pulling.
- A series of Bézier curves.
- The seventh Lenormand card.
- A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
- A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
- A treacherous person; a rat.
- Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.
- Trouser snake; the penis.
- An informer; a rat.
- A tool for unclogging plumbing.
verb
- To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
- To inform; to rat.
- To clean using a plumbing snake.
- To follow or move in a winding route.
- To steal slyly.
- To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
verb
- To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- to get such scratches
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Money.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- A scratch wig.
- A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
- The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- An injury.
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
noun
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
- A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle, allowing traversal of rough roads and the ability to climb over obstacles. The tread consists of a number of rubber-shod feet connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes attached to rollers and springs.
noun
noun
- A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
- A soft-hackle fly.
- A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
- A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
- The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
- A spider graph or spider tree.
- A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
- Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
- Heroin.
- A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
- Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
- A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
- A spindly person.
- Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
verb
noun
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- An f-stop.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
verb
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cease moving.
- To end someone else's activity.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To close or block an opening.
- Not to continue.
punct
noun
- A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
- A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
- The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
- A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
- The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
- A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
- An ascension to Heaven without death.
- A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
- A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
- The conversion of text from one language to another.
- The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
- The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
- The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
noun
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- A meal.
- A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
verb
- To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- To give to a machine to be processed.
- To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
- To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
- To supply with something.
- To pass to.
- To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- To eat (usually of animals).
- To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
noun
- A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
- A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
- A rung of a ladder.
- One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
- A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
verb
noun
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
verb
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
noun
noun
- a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- a man who delivers the mail
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
noun
noun
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
verb
noun
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
verb
noun
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- A block and tackle.
- A man's genitalia.
- Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- Clothing.
- A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
verb
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
- An offering of fruit or flowers.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- A doll.
- A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
- A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
- A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
adj
verb
noun
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- A promiscuous woman, slut.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
verb
- To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- To move on a low-friction surface.
- To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- To decrease in amount or value.
- To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- To go; to move from one place or to another.
- To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- To drop down and skid into a base.
- To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun
- A device used to bind or tighten chain.
- Something that makes a booming sound.
- A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
- A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
- An elderly person, regardless of generation.
- A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
- A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
- An adult male kangaroo.
noun
- A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
- A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.
- Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
- The cyprinid fish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.
- A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.
noun
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
- A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
verb
noun
- The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- One having authority to direct.
- A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- Someone or something that leads or conducts.
- One who goes first.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
noun
- The cushion of an electric machine.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
- Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
- An eraser.
- One who practises massage.
- A condom.
- The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- One who rubs down horses.
- Tires, particularly racing tires.
- Someone or something which rubs.
- A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
- The game of rubber bridge.
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adj
noun
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- A state of caution; posture of defence.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- A player playing a position named guard.
- A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- A squad responsible for protecting something.
- The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- A watchchain.
- The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
verb
- To fasten by binding; to gird.
- To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
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