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Action
noun · 78% connection
The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Blow-off
adjective · 78% connection
as, a blow-off cock or pipe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Booking clerk
unknown · 78% connection
A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Booking office
unknown · 78% connection
An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Cock
noun · 78% connection
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
D valve
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Faucet
noun · 78% connection
A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desire…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Four-way
adjective · 78% connection
Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Funnel
verb · 78% connection
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Furl
verb · 78% connection
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Gate
noun · 78% connection
A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Gybe
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Hammer
noun · 78% connection
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Hatch
noun · 78% connection
An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Hippurite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper val…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Hydrant
noun · 78% connection
A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
Ileocolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
jarring
noun · 78% connection
A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steamship, cock, valve, close, vessel.
