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Ball
noun · 78% connection
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Bandbox
noun · 78% connection
A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
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: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Bell
noun · 78% connection
That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Bird's-foot
noun · 78% connection
A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Bore
noun · 78% connection
The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Centriole
noun · 78% connection
one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Condition
noun · 78% connection
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Conico-
adjective · 78% connection
A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Counterbore
noun · 78% connection
A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Cylindraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
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: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Deformity
adjective · 78% connection
The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or featur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Drum
noun · 78% connection
One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Face
verb · 78% connection
To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smoot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
form
noun · 78% connection
To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.
Indicator
noun · 78% connection
An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, cylinder, cylindrical.