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Aberration
noun · 78% connection
A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Airometer
noun · 78% connection
A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Barrel
noun · 78% connection
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Beam
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Bite
verb · 78% connection
The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Boom
verb · 78% connection
To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Booming
adjective · 78% connection
Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Capstan
noun · 78% connection
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Clearance
noun · 78% connection
The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a stea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Core
noun · 78% connection
The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a cas…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Crank
noun · 78% connection
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Cylindrical
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Doffer
noun · 78% connection
A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Drum
noun · 78% connection
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Feather-edged/
adjective · 78% connection
Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Feed
noun · 78% connection
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Flute
verb · 78% connection
A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.
Gabion
noun · 78% connection
A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, cylinder, teeth, edge, operated.