lug
toe
pinch bar
foot
lucam
rabat
handhold
projectoscope
shelf
skeleton
eidouranion
overhang
prod
goad
diascope
shore
corner
derrick
playboard
positioner
wall bracket
bracket
foreshaft
panhandle
plane table
airfoil
thumbnut
wing screw
wing nut
butterfly nut
workstand
wing-nut
heliodon
skew
umbraculate
limb
aerial work platform
branch
arm
tab
cyclarthrosis
obdurator
multiview
tang
calcar
foreshape
bearing
horse
rake
trampoline
weather vane
Paganini
tongue
pseudopod
flange
buffer
inclined plane
camera
film projector
polisher
vertical
rim
projecture
star projector
projecting
lobe
flexicurve
view plane
weathervane
wind vane
manipulator
spindle
plaster machine
plastering machine
harmonograph
overhead
pantograph
vane
rendering machine
strongback
Cab
turbinoid
striding
stabilometer
centroider
alidade
gun
antiballooner
tiltable
batten
headstock
spoke
projectable
spike
hinge
balance board
umbraculate
turbinoid
tiltable
projectable
lug
toe
pinch bar
foot
lucam
handhold
projectoscope
shelf
skeleton
eidouranion
overhang
prod
goad
diascope
shore
corner
derrick
playboard
positioner
wall bracket
bracket
foreshaft
panhandle
plane table
airfoil
thumbnut
wing screw
wing nut
butterfly nut
workstand
wing-nut
heliodon
skew
limb
aerial work platform
branch
arm
tab
cyclarthrosis
obdurator
multiview
tang
calcar
foreshape
bearing
horse
rake
trampoline
weather vane
Paganini
tongue
pseudopod
flange
buffer
inclined plane
camera
film projector
polisher
vertical
rim
projecture
star projector
projecting
lobe
flexicurve
view plane
weathervane
wind vane
manipulator
spindle
plaster machine
plastering machine
harmonograph
overhead
pantograph
vane
rendering machine
strongback
Cab
striding
stabilometer
centroider
alidade
gun
antiballooner
batten
headstock
spoke
spike
hinge
balance board
rabat
noun
- A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
- An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
- An equivalent part in an animal.
- The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
- Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
- Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
- An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
- The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- The long side of an angled cut.
- That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
- cameltoe
verb
- To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
- To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
- To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
- To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
- To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
noun
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- Travel by walking.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- The bottom edge of a sail.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
- The globular lower domain of a protein.
- The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Foot soldiers; infantry.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
verb
noun
- A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
- A reef, shoal or sandbar.
- The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
- A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
- The capacity of such an object
noun
- A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
- A very thin person.
- The network of veins in a leaf.
- A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- A very thin form of light-faced type.
- Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
noun
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- a place off to the side of an area
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- the intersection of two streets
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- a remote area
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
verb
noun
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
- a category falling within certain defined limits
- either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
verb
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.
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.
adv
noun
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
- (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
- either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
- the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
noun
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- a natural consequence of development
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
verb
noun
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
- the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
verb
noun
noun
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
- sexual intercourse with a woman
- knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- The vagina.
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- A shuffleboard paddle.
- A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
verb
noun
- a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
- relevant relation or interconnection
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- dignified manner or conduct
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
adj
noun
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
- The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
- The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
- A xiangqi piece, that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
- Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- A jackstay.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).
- A large and sturdy person.
- Heroin (drug).
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
verb
- To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
- To play mischievous pranks on.
- To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- To take or carry on the back.
- To flog.
- To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
- To copulate with (a mare).
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
noun
- A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- A lot, plenty.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- The act of raking.
- In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
verb
- Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- To search through (thoroughly).
- To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
- To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
- Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
- To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
- Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
noun
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).
- Manner of speaking, often habitually.
- A language.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- A reed.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- Glossolalia.
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- An individual point of flame from a fire.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
- The clapper of a bell.
verb
noun
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
verb
noun
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying still pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Slide projector for projection of still images from film).
noun
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- The fusee of a watch.
- A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- A sleep spindle.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
- a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
- A muscle spindle.
- A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
verb
noun
- An overhead projector.
- Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
- Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
- Wasted money.
- A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
- The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
- The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
- An overhead throw.
- A smash.
adv
adj
noun
- mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
noun
- A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
- A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
- A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
- The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
- A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
noun
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- The biceps.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
- Violent blasts of wind.
- An expert.
- Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- An electron gun.
verb
noun
- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
- A beam that supports a bell.
- A headframe.
- A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
- The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
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 sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a large stout nail
verb
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
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