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Tacker

One who tacks.

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sewer 76% connected

One who sews, or stitches.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Tack 74% connected

A stain; a tache.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tack 74% connected

A stain; a tache.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Fabrication noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Fluid mechanics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Hydraulics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Manufacture noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Manufacturing noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Torque noun · 78% connection

The twisting effect of a force.

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Bearing adjective · 78% connection

(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

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Mechanics noun · 78% connection

the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose styl…

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Mechanism noun · 78% connection

the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose styl…

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Strain noun · 78% connection

difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy durin…

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Breaking point noun · 78% connection

the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

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Mechanical stress noun · 78% connection

elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…

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Tension noun · 78% connection

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically tow…

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Formation noun · 77% connection

the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

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Hydrodynamics noun · 77% connection

study of fluids in motion

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Hydrokinetics noun · 77% connection

study of fluids in motion

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Hydrostatics noun · 77% connection

study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion

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Beating noun · 78% connection

The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

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Leg noun · 78% connection

The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

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Paper noun · 78% connection

A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

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Raise verb · 78% connection

To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.

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