hinge
flexible
doorknob
manipulator
lock
linkage
coupler
coupling
ball-and-socket joint
palpator
walkover
hook
claw
pedrail
stand
remote
remote control
wrench
compandor
runner
spanner
tool
bell button
spreader
flatmount
lever
thumbwheel
interchanger
legcuff
tackle
positioner
tongs
triturator
compander
pair of tongs
grip
grab
knocker
foam roller
beige box
coat hanger
rapper
truckle
handcuffs
doorknocker
cyclarthrosis
main wheel
destemmer
groover
one-handed
peripheral
rotary switch
right-hand
wheel
contrivance
index
reluctor
slide
steering wheel
right-hander
elutriator
multiplexer
oblong
tieback
upender
divider
slew
X-stretcher
clinch
blivit
escalator
gadgetry
square
storiform
thumbscrew
clamp
pullback
board
levered
holddown
teleprocessor
bell-shaped
pull
go-devil
skateboard truck
skew
kickstand
stirrup
knob
double-handed
shooting stick
upsetter
deionizer
striper
joystick
spoke
fan
DIP switch
output arm
one-handed
right-hand
storiform
levered
bell-shaped
double-handed
hinge
flexible
doorknob
manipulator
lock
linkage
coupler
coupling
ball-and-socket joint
palpator
walkover
hook
claw
pedrail
stand
remote
remote control
wrench
compandor
runner
spanner
tool
bell button
spreader
flatmount
lever
thumbwheel
interchanger
legcuff
tackle
positioner
tongs
triturator
compander
pair of tongs
grip
grab
knocker
foam roller
beige box
coat hanger
rapper
truckle
handcuffs
doorknocker
cyclarthrosis
main wheel
destemmer
groover
peripheral
rotary switch
wheel
contrivance
index
reluctor
slide
steering wheel
right-hander
elutriator
multiplexer
oblong
tieback
upender
divider
slew
X-stretcher
clinch
blivit
escalator
gadgetry
square
thumbscrew
clamp
pullback
board
holddown
teleprocessor
pull
go-devil
skateboard truck
skew
kickstand
stirrup
knob
shooting stick
upsetter
deionizer
striper
joystick
spoke
fan
DIP switch
output arm
noun
- A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
- A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
- One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
- A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
- The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.
- A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
- A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
verb
- To depend on something.
- The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
- To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
- To move or already be positioned in such a fashion that it presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
noun
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- Complete control over a situation.
- The firing mechanism.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
verb
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- To fasten with a lock.
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- To play in the position of lock.
- To become fastened in place.
- To intertwine or dovetail.
- To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
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
- A backbend combined with a handstand.
- An easy victory; a walkaway.
- Someone easy to defeat.
- An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
- A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
- Someone who does not stand up for themself when mistreated; a doormat
- A horse race with only one entrant.
- A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
noun
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
verb
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
noun
- 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.
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
noun
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A single set, as of arms.
- The act of standing.
- A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- A partnership.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
verb
- To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- To be valid.
- Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- To remain without ruin or injury.
- To place in an upright or standing position.
- To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- To appear in court.
- To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- To be positioned to gain or lose.
- To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- To remain motionless.
- To be present, to have welled up.
- To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
- To measure when erect on the feet.
- To be a candidate (in an election).
- To act as an umpire.
- To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- To tolerate.
- To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
noun
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- a long narrow carpet
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
noun
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
- A gun.
- A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
- To equip with tools.
- To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- To work very hard.
- To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
noun
- A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
- An object or person who spreads.
- A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
- A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
- A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
- A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
- The moving platform of a container crane.
- A device used to spread bulk material.
noun
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
- A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- A levee.
- A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
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 device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
- 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.
- Assistance; help or encouragement.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
noun
- A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
- An outdated personal computer.
- A desktop computer in the style typical of personal computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy off-white case and CRT monitor.
noun
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- 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
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
verb
noun
- A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
- An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
- A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- A raised suffix indicating a power.
- A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
- A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
verb
- To measure by an associated value.
- To inventory; to take stock.
- To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
- To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- To access a value in a data container by an index.
- To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
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 resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- A physical object for dividing up a space.
- A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
- An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
- One who or that which divides or separates.
- The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
noun
- a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- the product of two equal terms
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- something approximating the shape of a square
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
verb
- make square
- raise to the second power
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- position so as to be square
- be compatible with
- pay someone and settle a debt
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- turn the oar, while rowing
adj
- providing abundant nourishment
- leaving no balance
- without evasion or compromise
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
adj
- having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
- characterized by honesty and fairness
adv
noun
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- A rebound.
- The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
- The side of a ship.
- A level or stage having a particular layout.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
verb
- To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
- To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- To cover with boards or boarding.
- To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- Antonyms: alight, disembark
- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
- To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
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 gadget or unspecified device, as used in various industries.
- A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc.
- A device, such as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
- A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adv
adj
- Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
verb
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
noun
- A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
- Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
- A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
- A stapes.
adj
noun
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A woman's breast.
- A contemptible person; dick.
- A prominent rounded hill.
- A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- The clitoris.
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
verb
noun
- A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
- 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.
verb
noun
- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
- An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
- A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
- An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
- The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
verb
- To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
- To strike out.
- To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- To slap (a behind, especially).
- To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
- To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
- To strike out (a batter).
- To winnow grain.
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