a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together


support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end


a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand


a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing


the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink


an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents


an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup


a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs


the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing


a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians


one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance


an ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases


a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers


(astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs


a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft


a telefone line that provides direct and prompt information or advice to the caller in relation to a specific subject


an automated kitchen appliance designed to boil or steam rice


branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups


a bicycle built with a motor to aid the cyclist to turn the pedals


a type of shoe in which the heel o is tall or raised, resulting in the heel of the wearer's foot being significantly off the ground than the wearer's toes


a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor


large, shallow ponds designed to treat wastewater through the interaction of sunlight, bacteria, and algae


late version of the crossbow with a steel bow


a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action


catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile


a bicycle that is built with a motor, the bicycle can be powered by the motor or pedalling of the cyclist


a long, flat raised structure of a railway station, where people get on and off of trains


military submarine operated by Germany during the First and Second World Wars


catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles


ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones


a large rubber ball used in various playground games including four square, kickball, and dodgeball


an ellipsoid granite stone with a gooseneck handle used in the game of curling


an electronic cigarette, that produces a nicotine containing vapor


an image of promoting proper exercise and diet


a store that is open for a limited period of time on temporary premises


an action or object one always chooses first


something which is considered required to see


a restaurant where food can be picked up without leaving the car


all things that are of importance to a person


a photo to be posted to Instagram at a later date


a sequence of photos composed into a video


something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media


That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked


A camera filming from the dashboard of a car


A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame


A photo on the Instagram website, which is related to homosexuality


A device resembling a skateboard without wheels that can hover above the ground


a partially tensioned line for balance or walking


a machine of the size of close to one nanometre


An industrial explosive made of the mix of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil


A form of cannabis from Morocco and Algeria


A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.


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a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs"


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a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water


a smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.


a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones


Laboratory glassware refers to a variety of equipment, traditionally made of glass, used for scientific experiments and other work in science, especially in chemistry and biology laboratories.


an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia.

Sertindole is not approved for use in the United States.


any type of good that can be physically touched, acquired to satisfy needs and desires.

A physical good may cost more than an intangible good, but is easier to return or track.


an exceptionally large dose, as of a drug or vitamin.

Vitamin C megadoses are claimed by alternative medicine advocates including Matthias Rath and Patrick Holford to have preventative and curative effects on diseases such as cancer and AIDS, but the available scientific evidence does not support these claims.


an intermediate that a country sources from a trading partner to produce a certain good.


Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder.

Ammonal used for military mining purposes was generally contained within metal cans or rubberised bags to prevent moisture ingress problems.


Yarn produced by the combination of at least two fibers, either of different types or of different colors.

This shirt is defined by a lightly brushed twill weave in deep colors woven using melange yarn.


Lupulin is a powder separated from the strobiles of common hop.

Lupulin, or its tincture, has many medicinal uses.


a finely carved and decorated wooden seat where the clergy sit, stand or kneel during services.

The use of choir stalls (as opposed to benches) is more traditional in monasteries and collegiate churches.


an electronic device that alters how a musical instrument or other audio source sounds.

Guitarists derive their signature sound or "tone" from their choice of instrument, pickups, effects units, and guitar amp.


a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils.

I'll need to buy a professional degreaser to clean this mess.


special linen which pertain to the Eucharist.


a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes.


cosmetic powder for the face that is stored in a compact.


A leavening agent (also known as raising agent or leaven agent) is a substance added to dough or batter to make it lighter and softer.

I know I can use chemical leaveners, but I think that using yeast as a leavening agent is more healthy.


a line of clothes for one season developed by a fashion designer.

Our latest fashion collections for Autumn 2014 have just arrived!


a solution of guaiac resin in ethanol, used to detect proteins.

Guaiac tincture can be used to detect blood in stool.


facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, necessary for its economy to function.


an ingredient found in certain cosmetics that clogs pores.

The efficiency of comedogenic ingredients is determined by one's skin type.


salt produced from the mineral water of Bad Ems, used as a medicine for diseases of the upper respiratory tract.

Gargling with Emser salt water is a quick way to heal an infected throat.


a type of ammonal that contains trinitrotoluene (TNT).

Trinitrotoluene increases the brisance of T-ammonal.


a mixture of a liquid soap with formaldehyde, used as an antiseptic.


(mountaineering) a tool for extracting a nut, chock, etc, from a crack after use.


sports equipment used during rock or any other type of climbing.

A haul bag refers to a large, tough, and often unwieldy bag into which supplies and climbing equipment may be thrown.


a piece of safety equipment that primarily protects the skull of a climber against falling debris (such as rocks or dropped pieces of protection) and impact forces during a fall.

Climbers may decide whether to wear a climbing helmet based on a number of factors such as the type of climb being attempted, concerns about weight, reductions in agility, added encumbrances, or simple vanity.


a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.

In a bus network, every station receives all network traffic, and the traffic generated by each station has equal transmission priority.


A French school of art originating in the 1950s and characterized by irregular dabs and splotches of color applied haphazardly to the canvas; comparable to American abstract expressionism.

Around 1945 a number of European and American painters established a crucial phase in modern art known broadly as Art Informel.


a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas.

Pollock found drip painting to his liking; later using the technique almost exclusively, he would make use of such unconventional tools as sticks, hardened brushes and even basting syringes to create large and energetic abstract works.


a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data.

The comparison of Andrea Pozzo's illusionistic painting with today's video art aims above all at overcoming old barriers to thought and allows one to grasp the history of art as a coherent history of perception that cannot be reduced to historical classifications.


the characteristic style in Neo-Impressionist painting defined by the separation of colors into individual dots or patches which interacted optically.

It was this form of divisionism, of which Sluijters was a chief representative, that brought about avant-garde painting in Amsterdam.


the genre of art depicting military themes.

The military art of Robert Chapman represents the fighting man from the late 17th Century to the present day.


An electronic logic circuit for calculating the difference between two binary numbers.


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The Western concert flute (also called transverse flute, C flute or Boehm flute) is a side-blown woodwind instrument made of metal or wood.

The dimensions and key system of the modern western concert flute and its close relatives are almost completely the work of the great flautist, composer, acoustician and silversmith, Theobald Boehm, who patented his system in 1847.


A foot joint is the last of the three sections of the Western concert flute.

Concert flutes have three parts: the headjoint, the body, and the foot joint.


a kind of short sword or dagger with a slightly curved blade, probably originated in Chechnya.

Russian Cossacks usually carried kindjals as their signature weapon.


a band that goes around the headgear of the armed forces, typically having a dark, contrasting color, often black, but may be patterned or striped.

General officers' caps are similar to those of field-grade officers, but the cap band is dark blue and embroidered with gold oak leaf motifs.


a type of ship invented and used by the Vikings for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age.

The longships had two methods of propulsion: oars and sail.


a Viking longship, described in historical sources as elegant and ornately decorated, and used by those who went raiding and plundering.

The drekkar's prows carried carvings of menacing beasts, such as dragons and snakes, allegedly to protect the ship and crew, and to ward off the terrible sea monsters of Norse mythology.


a telescope, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun.


a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user's effective range.

Because they contain relatively little metal, polearms are cheap to make, which has made them the favored weapon of peasant levies.


a simple light plough without a mouldboard.

Rather than cutting and turning the soil to produce ridged furrows, the ard breaks up a narrow strip of soil and cuts a shallow furrow (or drill), leaving intervening strips undisturbed.


a light wooden ard, consisting of two body ards, with their parallel beams forming the two shafts for a single horse-drawn tillage implement with two socket shares.

The sokha adapts the body ard to a single-animal harness following the pattern of a shaft-drawn cart and adds a spade-like component that turned over the soil.


a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method.

The part of the bottom of the stalagmometer is narrowed down to let the fluid fall out from the tube in a shape of drop.


a device consisting of two clocks and a switch for running one at a time, used in chess games to measure how much time each player spends.

A chess clock that was patented in 1975 was developed by Joseph Meshi and became the first commercially available digital chess clock.


a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment.


Tie your rope in a gasket coil to prevent it from tangling.


a metal bar acting as a torsional spring, used in the suspensions of some motor vehicles.

Over-rotating the torsion bars can cause the suspension to hit the bump-stop prematurely, causing a harsh ride.


a plow that consists of a gang of concave steel cutting disks, used for work in hard dry soils.


an instrument for measuring the rate and amount of consolidation of a soil specimen under pressure.


a light cruiser in which torpedo tubes and 6-inch low-angle guns were replaced by ten 4-inch high-angle guns to provide larger warships with protection against high-altitude bombers.

Having sacrificed anti-ship weapons for anti-aircraft armament, the converted anti-aircraft cruisers might need protection themselves against surface units.


a type of small- or medium-sized warship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck.

After 1930, most naval powers concentrated on building light cruisers since they had already built up to the maximum limitations allowed under the Washington treaty.


A device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus.

Images from the ultrasound scanner are transferred and displayed using the DICOM standard.


a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus.


A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets.


a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.

The increasing power and availability of firearms and the nature of large, state-supported infantry led to more portions of plate armour being cast off in favour of cheaper, more mobile troops.


a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates entirely encasing the wearer.

Full plate armour was expensive to produce and remained therefore restricted to the upper strata of society; lavishly decorated suits of armour remained the fashion with 18th-century nobles and generals long after they had ceased to be militarily useful on the battlefield due to the advent of inexpensive muskets.


a heavy plate armor not intended for free combat, produced in the late 15th to 16th century.

The jousting armour could weigh as much as 50 kg (100 pounds).


a cargo ship specially fitted for the transport of large quantities of cars.

The car carrier Auriga Leader, built in 2008 with a capacity of 6,200 cars, is the world's first partially solar powered ship.


A drivetrain with no freewheel mechanism; it is used in fixed-gear bicycles.

A fixed-gear drivetrain has the drive sprocket (or cog) threaded or bolted directly to the hub of the back wheel, so that the rider cannot stop pedalling.


a two- or three-masted sailing vessel formerly used for transporting cargo in the Baltic Sea.


Open sections include I-beams, T-beams, L-beams, and so on.


a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.


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a non-pierced earring of varying size (i.e. small wrap or hook big enough to hang over the whole ear and dangle) worn on the rim of the ear.


a pot or vessel in which anything is washed.


an acoustical calibrator (sound source) that uses a closed coupling volume to generate a precise sound pressure for the calibration of measurement microphones.

Pistonphones are highly dependent on ambient pressure (always requiring a correction to ambient pressure conditions) and are generally only made to reproduce low frequencies (for practical reasons), typically 250 Hz.


a weapon with a hammer on one side and an axe on the other.


a rod an ell long, used for official measurement.

Edward I of England required that every town has at least one ell-wand.


a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads.

Some less visible distinctions amongst tank trucks have to do with their intended use: compliance with human food regulations, refrigeration capability, acid resistance, pressurization capability, and more.


a tank truck used to haul and disperse water.


A tool used to scrub dead skin from soles of feet.


A concrete vibrator is an industrial vibrator that consolidates freshly poured concrete so that trapped air and excess water are released and the concrete settles firmly in place in the formwork.


A washing implement made of nylon mesh; used to wash and scrub the body.


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A mitt made of coarse fiber used to wash and scrub the body


A felt-tip pen with a thin tip that produces thin lines.


Any of a range of machines used for lamination.


An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.


an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch


A device that transmits electricity into an electric fence.


A headdress worn among Orthodox Christian monastics and clergy.

The kamilavka is a hat in the form of a rigid cylindrical head covering.


A spanish hat with wide, flat brim and flat top, usually made of black felt.

Your look like Zorro in this bolero hat.


A high ornate headdress worn by the performers of Greek tragedy.

Onkos added height and importance to the wearer.


A pair of jean trousers ripped and bleached on purpose or by extended wear.


A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped.


A sweater with a short turtleneck collar that does not fold down.


A collar that resembles the polo neck with the soft fold at its top and the way it stands up around the neck, but both ends of the tube forming the collar are sewn to the neckline.

The mock polo neck clings to the neck smoothly, is easy to manufacture, and works well with a zip closure.


A neckline that forms a hole bellow the collarbones.


An electrical appliance for crimping the hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth fashion.

Hair crimping is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron (also referred to as hair crimper) or by braiding the hair, often in multiple strands, then undoing the braids.


An espresso machine which automatically grinds the coffee, tamps it, and extracts the espresso shot; some models contain an automated milk frothing and dispensing device.

Super-automatic machines take away the ability to manually tamp and grind the coffee, which may affect the quality of the espresso.


an X-ray of the entire body of an infant.


A toaster into which bread slices are inserted vertically into the slots and pop up after the toasting cycle is complete.

My pop-up toaster is terrible, it always throws my toast on the ground.


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A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use.

Deep fryers are used for cooking many fast foods, and making them crisp.


A kitchen appliance that opens eggs and separates egg whites from yolks.

Using an egg cracker is not really worth the trouble, it's just easier to do it the traditional way.


A big wooden board used for kneading dough.

When it comes to making pizza dough, a good wooden kneading board makes a big difference.


a small or medium containment area for holding animals.


A cosmetic powder that comes in various shades of brown, meant to create an impression of tanned skin.

Sculpting your face with a bronzing powder will make it appear slimmer.


A cheek-rouging cosmetic made by baking colored liquid on terra cotta tiles.

Baked blush is considered to give a more long-lasting and vibrant effect than a tradiional pressed powder formula.


The new eyeshadow pallete from Sleek has lovely colours.


A rich moisturizing cream with high oil content.

Body butter is recommended for dry skin.


A face cleanser that is similar in texture to condensed milk.


A skin cleanser that comes in a thick liquid form, similar in texture to a lotion.

Cream cleanser is recommended for dry skin.


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a crystal, powder, or liquid preparation that foams in, scents, and softens bathwater.


A subwoofer which has a subwoofer driver and enclosure; it is powered by an external amplifier.


One of the speakers on stage pointing towards the performers to help them hear themselves.


A monitors that sits upright on the side of the stage, used to provide sound to the areas of the stage not covered by the floor monitors.


Drum monitors are typically large 2 or 3 way speakers with one or more large woofers capable of extremely high volumes.


A microphone that works via electromagnetic induction.


a type of dynamic microphone that uses the same dynamic principle as in a loudspeaker, only reversed.


A microphone that converts acoustic waves into electrical signals by sensing changes in light intensity, instead of sensing changes in capacitance or magnetic fields as with conventional microphones.

Fiber optic microphones are used in very specific application areas such as for infrasound monitoring and noise-canceling.


a microscope with one objective and one eyepiece, designed for monocular vision.


A very short dress that does not cover knees.

A mini dress is not appropriate for a formal meeting.


Any dress in which the top part resembles a peasant blouse.


A style of satire coined by Horace, a Roman poet who lived during the 1st century BCE.

The fountain of Horatianism in Spain was the imitation of _Epode II_, _Beatus Ille_, by the Marquis de Santillana, one of Castile's two first sonneteers, in the first half of the fifteenth century.


A chair designed for patients in the dentist office.


a chair of the 18th century used at game tables, having a padded top rail on which spectators could lean.


A ceiling light fixture in which the light source is hidden behind a translucent dome typically made of glass, with some combination of frosting and surface texturing to diffuse the light.


A light shield that allowes only a spot of light about the size of an egg to shine out; used to test eggs.


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Dipped-beam (also called low, passing, or meeting beam) headlamp provides a light distribution to give adequate forward and lateral illumination without dazzling other road users with excessive glare; this beam is specified for use whenever other vehicles are present ahead.


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A car headlamp that provides a bright, centre-weighted distribution of light with no particular control of light directed towards other road users' eyes; as such, it is only suitable for use when alone on the road, as the glare it produces will dazzle other drivers.

International ECE Regulations permit higher-intensity high-beam headlamps than are allowed under North American regulations.


an 18th-century wig with hair pushed back into a bag.


A special shoe insole used to provide better support for feet, thus alleviating pain.


a boiler tube through which the water flows.

The Stirling boiler has near-vertical, almost-straight watertubes that zig-zag between a number of steam and water drums.


a type of sifter used in gardening for removing large, unwanted items form soil.


fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern.


a device with a flexible bulb that replaces the plunger for instillation or aspiration, used to irrigate an external orifice, such as the auditory canal, or to remove congestion from nasal cavity.


A hooked tool, usually of metal, used to clean the hooves of a horse; some designs include a small, very stiff brush for removing additional mud or dirt.

It is best to work the hoof pick from heel to toe, so to avoid accidentally jabbing the horse's leg, the frog of the hoof, or the person using the pick.


an instrument for inspecting the inside of the intestine.


An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues.

A specialized colposcope equipped with a camera is used in examining and collecting evidence for victims of rape and sexual assault.


A tomogram is an X-ray image produced by tomography.


The apparatus used to make a scintigram.


An instrument for illuminating the interior of a cavity to determine the translucency of its walls.


Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain.


a type of palisade made of vertical slabs of slate wired together.


a semiconductor diode that exhibits a sharp increase in reverse current at a well-defined reverse voltage: used as a voltage regulator


a type of sword or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons.

Initially, seaxes were found in combination with double-edged swords and were probably intended as side arm.


a seax distinguished by a long hilt and patternwelded blade that is 50 cm or longer, often with multiple fullers and grooves.

The edge of a long seax is generally straight, or curved slightly towards the tip.


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Eyeglasses with round frames, popularized by John Lennon.


Any eyeglasses with photochromic lenses with darken when exposed to sunlight.


An interferometer which uses a laser as a light source; because of the monochromaticity and high intrinsic brilliance of laser light, it can operate with path differences in the interfering beams of hundreds of meters, in contrast to a maximum of about 20 centimeters (8 inches) for classical interferometer.


An instrument which records wind velocities.


A type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane.


An instrument that indicates small changes in an aircraft's altitude by recording small variations in atmospheric pressure.


a type of hair clip with interlocking teeth connected by a spring


any of various clasps and clips used for holding hair in place.


The memory used by a single CPU or allocated to a single program or function.

A processor can access its own local memory faster than non-local memory (memory which is local to another processor or shared between processors).


Depending on the number of colours present, a chromolithograph could take months to produce, by very skilled workers.


A small handheld mirror usually in a round metal or plastic case; mostly used to touch up make up outside the house.

I bought a new compact mirror today, it has an additional magnifying mirror and battery-powered LED lights.


a boot that reaches to or just above the ankle.


on a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located behind the driving wheels.


A kitten heel is a type of low stiletto heel, popularized by Audrey Hepburn.

Kitten heels are worth considering when you are too tall for stilettos, but don't feel good in flats.


an axle which turns but does not communicate motion.


A type of wide heel that is usually square; comes in various heights.

Shoes with block heels will give you a few additional inches while still being fairly comfortable.


Shoes with nan heels look terrible to me, but they are actually more comfortable than ballet flats.


A type of heavy leather lace-up boot adopted mainly by heavy metal, punk and goth subcultures; comes in different colors and heights which are measured in the number of eyelets.

My daughter bought herself twenty eyelet combat boots and now she has to wake up thirty minutes earlier if she wants to lace them up before leaving for school.


a spiked steel frame strapped to the boot to help in climbing trees, or poles.


a corkscrew-like device used to remove unspent charges from the barrel of a musket.

The design of a corkscrew may have derived from the gun worm.


An acoustic waveguide is a physical structure for guiding sound waves.


a small vise held in the hand in doing small work.


a crane with a forklift type mechanism used in automated (computer controlled) warehouses (known as an automated storage and retrieval system).

Stacker cranes are often used in the large freezer warehouses of frozen food manufacturers.


Detailed and simple plans to build small in-home carbonator for under $100 in parts are freely available on the internet and can produce a liter of carbonated water for less than 2 US cents.


A thin curtain that allows light into a room but prevents people outside from seeing inside.

My grandma gave me these lovely net curtains, but I'm afraid my room is too modern for them.


A short, usually sheer curtain hanging from a rod installed in the middle of a window.


I can't finish this sculpture without my favourite hobby knife; I know it's just a scalpel, but it brings me luck.


A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting.


a type of kitchen knife specialized for the cutting of cheese.


a considerably big knife used for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.


A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure, such as a dildo or vibrator.

Many popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals and may be vibrating or non-vibrating.


A cock ring is a ring that can be placed around a penis, usually at the base, primarily to slow the flow of blood from the erect penile tissue, thus maintaining an erection for a much longer period of time.

Cock rings can be worn around just the penis or both the penis and scrotum, or just the scrotum alone, though this is usually called a testicle cuff.


A cock ring made of leather and animal hair.


an instrument which sets the fuze time on projectiles with mechanical time fuzes.

Naval and anti-aircraft artillery started using analogue computers before World War 2, and these were connected to the guns to automatically aim them; they also had automatic fuze setters.


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A plug intended for washbasins, bath tubs and other similar water containers.


a type of fairlead used for guiding anchor lines.


Any toy intended to be used on a beach or in a sand pit to play with sand.


a wooden barrier or fence used in jousting to prevent collisions and to keep the combatants at an optimal angle for breaking the lance.

The introduction of the tilt barrier seems to have originated in the south, as it only became a standard feature of jousting in Germany in the 16th century, and was there called the Italian or "welsch" mode.


a whip carried by a mounted rider; not intended to be used on the horse, but rather the lash is there to remind the hounds to stay away from the horse's hooves, and it can also be used as a communication device to the hounds.


a torpedo that is electrically guided from the attacking vessel via thin wires connected between the torpedo and its guidance mechanism.

Typically, wire-guided torpedoes initially run at low speed (in order to maximize their range and to minimize their self-generated noise) while they close the range (the approach speed) and speed up during the attack phase (the attack speed).


a torpedo that carries a warhead of at least 450 kg, used primarily as a standoff weapon, particularly by submerged submarines.

Although lightweight torpedoes are fairly easily handled, the transport and handling of heavyweight torpedoes is difficult, especially in the small space of a submarine.


A toy pistol or rifle that shoots cork bullets.


A wireless computer mouse that is shaped like a pen.


chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood


A sleeping bag which shape tapers from the head end to the foot end.


A ski pole made from Tonkin Cane, a species of bamboo.


A ski with wheels for use on dry pavement, in the absence of snow.


a revolver that makes the sound of gunfire but does not fire bullets.


A type of ski with a specialised ski binding that allows the skier to have the heel of the ski boot free and toe of the ski boot in the binding when using Nordic skiing techniques for ski touring and to have both the heel and the toe of the ski boot in the binding when using alpine skiing techniques to descend the mountain.


a leather or steel helmet similar to a nasal helmet but with a convex nasal and frontal head stripe that forms an ocular, popular in medieval Scandinavia.


an instrument in a Jacquard loom that raises or lowers the harness, which carries and guides the warp thread so that the weft will either lie above or below it, which in turn creates the pattern.


one of the longitudinal beams running along either side of a railway vehicle, onto which the bodywork is mounted, in passenger-carrying vehicles usually forming the side or the base of the floor.


An outdated instrument for drawing parabolas.


An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

The term durometer is often used to refer to the measurement as well as the instrument itself.


A measuring equipment used to test concrete's strength.


A measuring device that used Abbe's principle; used for dimensional measurements.


An instrument used to record an echogram.


An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.


A square wooden frame used in archaeology.


a twilled silk fabric used mostly for lining parts of gentlemen's coats.

The early association of silk serge, Greece, and France is shown by the discovery in Charlemagne's tomb of a piece of silk serge dyed with Byzantine motifs, evidently a gift from the Byzantine Imperial Court in the 8th or 9th century AD.


an instrument used to determine the specific gravity of wood


A machine for use in making topographical maps.


a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers.


a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect.

When endbands are used for decorative purposes only they may be glued in place rather than sewn, though at a loss of reinforcing strength.


an endband along the bottom edge of the book (as a book is standing upright).


a steamer for heat treatment of feeds before feeding them to farm animals, no longer used.


a puppet constructed around a central rod secured to the head, controlled by the puppeteer moving the metal rods attached to the hands of the puppet, any other limbs and by turning the central rod secured to the head.

Many rod puppets depict only the upper half of the character, from the waist up, with the stage covering the missing remainder, but variations sometimes have legs.


The main topmast carries the upper end of the main-topmast-staysail; a mizzen-topmast may carry the equivalent.


an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional fin and horizontal surfaces with four surfaces set in an X-shaped configuration when viewed from the front or rear of the aircraft.

An alternative to the fin-and-tailplane approach is provided by the V-tail and X-tail designs.


A konimeter is a device for measuring airborne dust concentration in which samples are obtained by sucking the air through a hole and allowing it to pass over a glass plate coated with grease on which the particles collect.


In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

Actions can be categorized in several ways, including single action versus double action, break action versus bolt action, and others.


Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.

In most actions that use blowback operation, the breech is not locked mechanically at the time of firing: the inertia of the bolt and recoil spring(s), relative to the weight of the bullet, delays opening of the breech until the bullet has left the barrel


A type of firearms operating system which requires the bolt to overcome some initial resistance while not fully locked.


a chain-link collar with blunted open ends turned towards the dog's neck.

Prong collars must never be turned inside out (with the prongs facing away from the dog's skin), as this may cause injury against the body and head.


a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics.


An outdated mechanical device used for presenting a series of stimuli to be memorized.


a loudspeaker in which the magnet-and-coil assembly remains stationary; originated in sonar technology.

Magnetostrictive speaker drivers have some special advantages: they can provide greater force (with smaller excursions) than other technologies; low excursion can avoid distortions from large excursion as in other designs; the magnetizing coil is stationary and therefore more easily cooled; they are robust because delicate suspensions and voice coils are not required.


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brick made with sand and slaked lime rather than with clay; usually a light gray or off-white color.

The finished calcium-silicate bricks are very accurate and uniform, although the sharp arrises need careful handling to avoid damage to brick and bricklayer.


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A device used to read the information encoded on punched tape.

The tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster.


A device used to detect hidden cracks, voids, porosity and other internal irregularities in metals, composites, plastics and ceramics.


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An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump.

Depending on the specific application, an injector can take the form of an eductor-jet pump, a water eductor, a vacuum ejector, a steam-jet ejector, or an aspirator.


An apparatus used in the process of flocculation.


the innermost jib (just ahead of the foremast) on a large square-rigged ship.


second outermost triangular sail at the front of the large square-rigged ship.


a jib between the outer jib and the fore staysail on a large square-rigged ship.


A submicrometer- to millimeter-size device that converts a nonelectrical physical or chemical quantity, such as pressure, acceleration, temperature, or gas concentration, into an electrical signal; it is generally able to offer better sensitivity, accuracy, dynamic range, and reliability, as well as lower power consumption, compared to larger counterparts.


a mechanical device that turns pages of bound books and magazines automatically.


a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.


A pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood (as opposed to measuring oxygen saturation directly through a blood sample) and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmogram.

A typical pulse oximeter utilizes an electronic processor and a pair of small light-emitting diodes (LEDs) facing a photodiode through a translucent part of the patient's body, usually a fingertip or an earlobe.


a yard on which a topgallant sail is carried, above the topsail or topsails.


the yard of the royalmast, on which the royal is set, next above the topgallant.

Prince William's royal yards are the highest and smallest yards on the ship, are made of wood, and are "lifting yards" that can be raised along a section of the mast.


Drum memory was a magnetic data storage device invented by Gustav Tauschek in 1932 in Austria.

A drum memory contained a large metal cylinder, coated on the outside surface with a ferromagnetic recording material.


a cylinder coated with magnetic material, for storing computer data and programs.


a round sheet of paper, foil, or silicone with scallop-pressed edges, giving the muffin a round cup shape.

A variety of sizes for muffin cases are available.


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molds or pans used to make baked items that come in a variety of shapes and sizes.


a rewritable optical disc used in combination magnetic technology.

Using a magneto-optical disc is much more like using a diskette drive than a CD-RW drive.


A repulsor is either one of two drives located in the gauntlets of Iron Man's armor; they have been referred to as being magnetic, a blast of charged particles, and as a force beam.

In the 2008 movie, the repulsors are a form of propulsion and (as hand units) steering jet, though they can be used offensively.


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a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.

Dugouts are one of the most ancient types of human housing known to archeologists, and the same methods have evolved into modern "earth shelter" technology.


a primitive shelter, often temporary, having a significant portion of its structure dug below ground level; commonly has sod walls and a sod roof.


a small hand press used to force sausage into a casing.


An induction or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor needed to produce torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding.

An induction motor therefore does not require mechanical commutation, separate-excitation or self-excitation for all or part of the energy transferred from stator to rotor, as in universal, DC and large synchronous motors.


An electric motor with a squirrel-cage rotor.


a versatile hand tool that combines a pick and an adze, used for grubbing in hard soils and rocky terrain.


in military architecture, a bastion constructed of one face, and one flank.


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a fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.

Star forts were employed by Michelangelo in the defensive earthworks of Florence, and refined in the sixteenth century by Baldassare Peruzzi and Scamozzi.


a type of bastion used in the 16th century; fell out of favor because of the difficulty of concentrating the fire of guns distributed around a curve.


an element of the trace italienne system of fortification that consists of a pair of demi-bastions.

The hornwork was used to extend the fortified area in a particular direction to prevent the enemy occupying an area of high ground or simply strengthen the overall fortifications in the expected direction of attack.


a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.

The crownwork was used to extend the fortified area in a particular direction often in order to defend a bridge, prevent the enemy occupying an area of high ground, or simply strengthen the overall fortifications in the expected direction of attack.


a bastion that is filled up entirely, and has the ground even with the height of the rampart, without any empty space towards the center.


A DC motor is any of a class of electrical machines that converts direct current electrical power into mechanical power.

Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current flow in part of the motor.


A hydraulic motor is a mechanical actuator that converts hydraulic pressure and flow into torque and angular displacement (rotation).

Conceptually, a hydraulic motor should be interchangeable with a hydraulic pump because it performs the opposite function - similar to the way a DC electric motor is theoretically interchangeable with a DC electrical generator.


An engine which converts the energy of falling water into shaft power.


A steam turbine which exhausts steam from a boiler at a pressure well below atmospheric to a condenser.


An axial flow turbine operates in the exactly reverse of an axial flow compressor,

Whereas for an axial turbine the rotor is 'impacted' by the air flow, for a radial turbine, the flow is smoothly orientated at 90 degrees by the compressor towards the combustion chamber and driving the turbine in the same way water drives a watermill.


A chemical rocket engine which uses propellant in a solid state.


a filter made up of a thin film of collodion, cellulose acetate, or other material, available in a wide range of defined pore sizes, the smaller ones being capable of retaining all the known viruses.


A pump suited for sampling and pumping underground water supplies.


A recording tonometer, used in medicine.

A tonometer is an apparatus that makes a record of tension measurements.


a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities.


A machine used in the treatment of cancer with the use of gamma rays from cobalt-60 radioisotopes.

Because the cobalt machines were expensive and required specialist support they were often housed in cobalt units.


a place or establishment where flax is retted.


a machine that cuts raw dough into small portions and rolls each to obtain balls of the same weight and shape.


a medicine containing ascorbic acid, available in a number of countries worldwide.


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an industrial machine used for manufacturing bricks.


A weapon which launches anti-submarine depth charges.


A medical device used during and after surgical procedure in order to remove fluids, tissues or gases.

Surgical vacuum pumps are being used not only for general surgery, but also for liposuction and endoscopy.


a member attached to a beam web to prevent loss of strength due to web buckling.


a vacuum pump that uses high speed jets of dense fluid or high speed rotating blades to knock gas molecules out of the chamber.

Molecular pumps sweep out a larger area than mechanical pumps, and do so more frequently, making them capable of much higher pumping speeds.


a machine that shapes sheet-metal by using two or four split dies which separate and close up to 2000 times a minute.


A manual or electric machine, used for creasing paper documents, hard covers and other types of coverstock.


a lathe for turning railway-car and locomotive wheels.


a machine mainly used for the compaction of waste, cardboard, plastic and other recyclable materials.


an elongated, two-pronged fork used to lift and turn food while being cooked as in the case of barbecue.


a high precision tool used for finishing in a small amount of gear tooth surface after processing with hob and shaper cutter.


a machine tool that uses tensile forces to stretch metal.

The pointed/reduced end of the bar or coil, which is smaller than the die opening, is passed through the die where it enters a gripping device of the drawing machine.


a machine tool that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to remove material.

The two ram pull-down machine is the most common type of broaching machine.


a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.

Stripped wire (often stranded) is inserted through the correctly sized opening of the connector, and a crimper is used to tightly squeeze the opening against the wire.


Vibratory hammers can either drive in or extract a pile; extraction is commonly used to recover steel "H" piles used in temporary foundation shoring.


A pile driving device consisting of a large two-stroke diesel engine.


a belt made of rope, sometimes with a seat, used in wild beekeeping to climb trees and reach the nests.


a utensil consisting of a steel tank and mixing paddles, used for preparing meat for sausages.


an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information and, later, accounting.

In its basic form, a tabulating machine would read one card at a time, print portions (fields) of the card on fan-fold paper, possibly rearranged, and add one or more numbers punched on the card to one or more counters, called accumulators.


A manual or automatic device that is used to cap bottles.


a steel prop in which yield is controlled by friction between two sliding surfaces or telescopic tubes.


a vise that can hold a workpiece at a variety of different angles (usually offers a full 90 degree adjustment).


a hand tool used to clinch tubular rivets.


A set of electronic drums which are electrical devices struck by a drummer, played in real time (using either hands, sticks, brushes or other implements) to produce a selection of sounds, instruments and effects, from either samples or modeled sounds contained in a processor or drum module.

The electronic drum (pad/triggering device) is usually sold as part of an electronic drum kit, consisting of a set of drum pads mounted on a stand or rack in a configuration similar to that of an acoustic drum kit layout, with rubberized (Roland, Yamaha, Alesis, for example) or specialized acoustic/electronic cymbals (e.g. Zildjian's "Gen 16").


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a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity.

When double-deck carriages (bilevel cars) were introduced on North American railways (railroads) they identified a problem in that it would be physically difficult - if not impossible - for the conductor to verify, collect payment and sell tickets to such a large concentration of passengers in one car, especially in suburban passenger service, owing to the short distance between stops.


the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached.


a machine with a large, heated roller that irons and dries sheets, table linens, pillow cases etc.


an apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena.


a die that produces a flat piece of material by cutting the desired shape in one operation.

Generally a blanking die may only cut the outside contour of a part, often used for parts with no internal features.


a punch used in conjunction with a blanking die.


a machine used for the production of lace.


a device used for the vulcanization of rubber.


Any device used to remove nitrates or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water.


a comb with razor sharp teeth used to remove mats and tangles from a pet's coat.


Aquaristic filter made of synthetic sponge; comes in various shapes and sizes.


a computer peripheral device enabling printed material, including characters and diagrams, to be scanned and converted into a form that can be stored in a computer.


A filter that uses a bed of activated carbon to remove contaminants and impurities, using chemical absorption.

There are 2 predominant types of carbon filters used in the filtration industry: powdered block filters and granular activated filters.


a scanner that is moved over the subject to be imaged by hand.

Older hand scanners were monochrome, and produced light from an array of green LEDs to illuminate the image; later ones scan in monochrome or color, as desired.


a semiconductor rectifier that uses the barrier formed between a specially prepared semiconductor surface and a metal point to produce the rectifying action.

A point-contact diode works on the same principle as the junction diode, but its construction is simpler.


a diode that can handle high electrical current flow (in only one direction), usually used to change alternating current into direct current.


an electron tube having two diodes in the same envelope, with either a common cathode or separate cathodes.


a type of vacuum tube formerly used as a high-voltage rectifier.

Vacuum rectifiers were made for very high voltages, such as the high voltage power supply for the cathode ray tube of television receivers, and the kenotron used for power supply in X-ray equipment.


a set of electrical and electronic elements used to handle two-way communication (street to home) in houses, apartments or villas.

The door phone is connected to a secure communication system used to control the opening of the door giving access to any kind of buildings, offices, or apartment blocks.


A device which has the ability to accept outputted, inputted or other processed data.


the screen in a cathode-ray tube, which becomes luminous when bombarded by an electron beam.


a transparent screen coated on one side with a phosphor that fluoresces when exposed to X-rays or cathode rays.


(old-fashioned) a very small handheld calculator.


a computation system that makes direct use of quantum-mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data.

As of 2015, the development of actual quantum computers is still in its infancy, but experiments have been carried out in which quantum computational operations were executed on a very small number of quantum bits.


a radio receiving device used on ships that rings an alarm bell when a distress signal is received.


a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.


a device used for artificial production of human speech.

The quality of a speech synthesizer is judged by its similarity to the human voice and by its ability to be understood clearly.


a ring-shaped synchrotron that accelerates protons to energies of several billion electron volts.


a stationary or rotating brush usually consisting of one horizontal and one vertical brush that cows use for scratching and grooming.


a dental instrument that holds various disks, cups, or burs, used to prepare a tooth to receive a restoration or to contour, clean, or polish a tooth or restoration.


a multi-function baking pan used for barbecue, pie, tortillas, frying fish, grilling prawns, etc.


a system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters; information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements.


a tower with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles, used for conveying information by means of visual signals, read when the shutter is in a fixed position.


a roof-mounted device used by trolleybuses, trams, electric locomotives or EMUs to carry electrical power from overhead lines or electrical third rails to the electrical equipment of the vehicles.


an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.


A small, flat plug made of plastic, metal or wood, used to cover holes and visible screws in furniture.

After fastening the boards with a screw use a plug button to cover it.


a stove that is cheap and easy to make, burns either free or low-cost fuel.


equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation.

A chromatogram is the visual output of the chromatograph.


an apparatus for applying disinfectants.


a fully automatic system for high volume carbonation of products, which consists of a carbonator, CO2 infusion tube, and finished product holding tank with transfer pump.


A horizontal metal bar in a sliding bolt lock; meant to be moved manually in order to lock the door it is attached to.


A type of lid or cap that can be removed by twisting it off; used in jars or glass bottles.


any very small device manufactured using microfabrication.


any telegraph that uses visual signals to convey a message, including the use of smoke signals, beacons or reflected light, which have existed since ancient times.


Any product at least partially made of consumable tobacco leaves, such as cigarettes, chewing tobacco or snuff.


a device used to measure mass or volumetric flow rate of a liquid or gas.


a sensitive photographic paper with pure silver bromide emulsions that produce neutral black or 'cold' blue-black image tones.


a sensor that detects anything that is conductive or has a dielectric different from that of air.

Size and spacing of the capacitive sensor are both very important to the sensor's performance.


mechanical system used to inject nitrous oxide to the engine in order to produce more power.


a type of skidder with dangling tongs between the rolling wheels that raise the end of the log off the ground, used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.


A drug containing diazepam, available in Lithuania and Poland.


(mining) a conveyance used for moving workers and supplies below the surface, which is suspended from the hoist on steel wire rope.


an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.

The signal entering a compressor is split, one copy sent to a variable-gain amplifier and the other to a side-chain where a circuit controlled by the signal level applies the required gain to an amplifier stage.


an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal.

Expanders are generally used to make quiet sounds even quieter by reducing the level of an audio signal that falls below a set threshold level.


an automatic machine that makes the ticket valid by stamping it with the location information and the timestamp.


a lighter invented in 1823 by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner based on the Furstenberger lighter.


equipment used to preserve a perishable material; works by freezing the material and then reducing the surrounding pressure to allow the frozen water in the material to sublimate directly from the solid phase to the gas phase.

When drying in vials, the freeze-dryer is supplied with a stoppering mechanism that allows a stopper to be pressed into place, sealing the vial before it is exposed to the atmosphere.


a machine used for aligning uneven stacks of paper.


a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.


a machine used for blanching, boiling or sterilizing of fruits and vegetables.


a machine used for cleaning and improving the quality of grain going into storage or the market.


a meat chopping machine used for food processing, including mixing, particle reduction and emulsifying.


a machine used to typeset printed matter.

For the monotype caster to produce types with the shape of the desired character on their face, a matrix with that character incised in it must be moved to the top of the mold in which the type slug will be cast.


a printing press used for offset printing, in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.

Many modern offset presses use computer-to-plate systems as opposed to the older computer-to-film work flows, which further increases their quality.


a type of keyboard used to prepare a punched paper tape, called ribbon, that will direct the casting of type separately from its actual casting.

A monotype operator enters text on a monotype keyboard, on which characters are arranged in the QWERTY arrangement of a conventional typewriter, but with this arrangement repeated multiple times.


a cutting implement used to cut leading (spacing between lines) and slugs (thicker pieces of lead to provide support to set type forms).


a textile mill employing rotary wire cylinders for napping.


a sewing machine that sews all types of buttonholes with or without the gimp thread.


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a textile machine that transforms the drawn sliver into roving.

Simplex machines give the attenuated sliver a small amount of twist to ensure the required strength of the roving.


a textile machine used for warping any natural or manmade yarns.


a textile machine that is used in the finishing process to improve the appearance of fabric.


a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax.

A modern scutching machine can process up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of flax every hour, and produces about 70 kilograms (150 lb) of flax fibers and 30 kilograms (66 lb) of tow.


a machine used by (industrial) bakeries that rolls out dough into a (consistent) dough sheet with a desired even dough thickness.

Most dough sheeters can handle a wide variety of dough depending on the machine manufacturer.


a special type of milling machine used for gear cutting, cutting splines, and cutting sprockets.

Modern hobbing machines, also known as hobbers, are fully automated machines that come in many sizes, because they need to be able to produce anything from tiny instrument gears up to 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter marine gears.


(mining) a machine for undercutting a coal seam.


Metal spinning lathes are almost as simple as wood turning lathes, and usually are.


a machine that forms hollow plastic parts.

The injection blow molding machine is based on an extruder barrel and screw assembly which melts the polymer.


an engine-powered, walk-behind machine used for compaction of a wide variety of sand, gravel and granular base materials.


a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous.


a machine for separating grain by kernel length.


a milling machine with automatic tool changers, tool magazines or carousels, CNC control, coolant systems, and enclosures.

After the advent of computer numerical control (CNC), milling machines evolved into machining centers, generally classified as vertical machining centers (VMCs) and horizontal machining centers (HMCs).


a machine used in a machining process known as lapping, in which two surfaces are rubbed together with an abrasive between them.


a machine tool used in the abrasive machining process known as honing.

A honing machine, ironically, is relatively inaccurate and compliant.


a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.


Although most dovetail saw teeth are set for cross-cutting, a rip saw tooth pattern is more efficient.


a machine that uses an abrasive and a work wheel for polishing the surfaces of various materials and articles.


a machine for making shaped cuts in the end or along the edge of a board.


a small spiral type hand drill, similar to a pin vice, used for pilot holes and small precise holes for miniatures and crafts.


a machine for splitting natural stone including granite, marble, and sandstone.


a machine for removing limbs from trees with a saw or flailing chains.


a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw.

The screw press was first invented and used by the Romans in the first century AD, primarily in wine and olive oil production.


a type of screw press in which the screw shaft is driven by a flywheel or a pair of fly weights at the ends of a bar.

The wheel of a fly press can either be cranked by hand or driven by a motor using a friction coupling.


an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped.

The filter press is used in fixed-volume and batch operations, which means that the operation must be stopped to discharge the filter cake before the next batch can be started.


a type of filter press that consists of many plates and frames assembled alternately with the supports of a pair of rails.

Plate filter press is extensively used in sugaring operations such as the production of maple syrup in Canada, since it offers very high efficiency and reliability.


a sewing machine for joining two pieces of fabric so that the stitch thread is invisible, or nearly invisible.


a sewing machine that binds fabric together using two threads, upper and lower, and "locking" (entwining) them together in the hole in the fabric through which they pass.

Of a typical garment factory's sewing machines, half might be lockstitch machines and the other half divided between overlock machines, chain stitch machines, and various other specialized machines.


a network device that connects multiple network segments.


a type of DC motor that connects the armature and field windings in parallel or shunt with a common D.C. power source; used for industrial, adjustable speed applications, such as machine tools, winding/unwinding machines and tensioners.

A shunt DC motor has good speed regulation even as the load varies, but does not have the starting torque of a series DC motor.


an induction motor having a cup-shaped rotor or conducting material, inside of which is a stationary magnetic core.


a diesel engine that has injectors mounted at the top of the combustion chamber; the injectors are activated either by hydraulic pressure from the fuel pump, or an electronic signal from an engine controller.

Fuel consumption of direct injection diesels is about 15-20% lower than indirect injection diesels.


a dryer that removes moisture from a compressed air system.

Refrigeration dryers employ two heat exchangers, one for air-to-air and one for air-to-refrigeration.


a safety device installed in cars that deploys by rapidly inflating to protect the head and provide rollover protection.

Curtain airbags have been said to reduce brain injury or fatalities by up to 45% in a side impact with an SUV.


an electro-mechanical device that converts the angular position or motion of a shaft or axle to an analog or digital code.

Rotary encoders are used in many applications that require precise shaft unlimited rotation—including industrial controls, robotics, special purpose photographic lenses, computer input devices (such as optomechanical mice and trackballs), controlled stress rheometers, and rotating radar platforms.


a rotary encoder that maintains position information when power is removed from the system.

The output of absolute encoders indicates the current position of the shaft, making them angle transducers.


a transducer that converts electromagnetic waves and magnetic fields to and from electrical signals.


a transducer for receiving waves from an electric system and delivering waves to a mechanical system, or vice versa.


a motor combined with a set of speed-reducing gears.


a controller that is the combination of a Kalman filter i.e. a linear-quadratic estimator (LQE) with a linear-quadratic regulator (LQR).

The LQG controller itself is a dynamic system like the system it controls.


a vacuum cleaner in which the dust is separated in a detachable cylindrical collection vessel or bin.

Cyclonic cleaners do not use filtration bags.


a machine that cleans textile surfaces, i.e. carpets, hard floors, upholstery and mattresses.


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a lightweight vacuum cleaner either powered from rechargeable batteries or mains power, popular for cleaning up smaller spills.

Some battery-powered handheld vacuums are wet/dry rated; the appliance must be partially disassembled and cleaned after picking up wet materials, to avoid developing unpleasant odors.


a small canister vacuum strapped onto the user's back, commonly used for commercial cleaning.


a home appliance used for dry or steam pressing of clothes.


an iron which uses resistive heating from an electric current.

The early electric irons had no easy way to control their temperature, and the first thermostatically controlled electric iron appeared in the 1920s.


a mixer consisting of a bowl and an agitator that is rapidly moved around the bowl to mix its contents.

With the ability to mix a wide variety of ingredients, planetary mixers are more versatile than their spiral counterparts.


a hand-held mixing device used to prepare food.

The motor of a hand mixer must be lightweight as it is supported by the user during use.


a mixer in which the motor driving the rotary action is mounted in a frame or stand which bears the weight of the device.

A typical home stand mixer will include a wire whisk for whipping creams and egg whites; a flat beater for mixing batters; and a dough hook for kneading.


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a machine used to fry large quantities of doughnuts at once.


(obsolete) that which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups.


a machine tool used to improve surface finish and workpiece geometry by removing just the thin amorphous surface layer left by the last process with an abrasive stone or tape.


a machine that forms material (such as plastics, bottles, organics, etc.) into granules.


a machine used in the core shooting process for the production of sand cores.


a machine that uses compressed air to blow and pack sand into a core box.


an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk).


a furnace used for removing the strain hardening in the steel strip as an alternative to continuous annealing.


an electric furnace in which heat is generated by the passage of current through a resistor.


a furnace for melting large batches of glass.

A typical glass furnace holds hundreds of tonnes of molten glass, and so it is simply not practical to shut it down every night, or in fact in any period short of a month.


a furnace in the form of a vertical cylinder in which hot gas is forced upwards through the contained solids.


a furnace for heating the metal charge contained in refractory crucibles.


a furnace with several pots in which glass is melted.


a bottle used for saturating a liquid with a gas.


an ejector that uses steam as the motive fluid to remove any non-condensible gases that may be present in the surface condenser.

The Venturi effect, which is a particular case of Bernoulli's principle, applies to the operation of steam jet ejectors.


a heat exchanger which converts steam from its gaseous to its liquid state at a pressure below atmospheric pressure.

In thermal power plants, the purpose of a surface condenser is to condense the exhaust steam from a steam turbine to obtain maximum efficiency, and also to convert the turbine exhaust steam into pure water (referred to as steam condensate) so that it may be reused in the steam generator or boiler as boiler feed water.


a below-the-hook beam used for lifting, fitted with a number of ropes at different points along its length.


a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders.


an artificial blood vessel, used in a surgical procedure performed to redirect blood flow in a region of the body.


a loudspeaker that uses a lightweight diaphragm connected to a rigid basket via a flexible suspension that constrains a voice coil to move axially through a cylindrical magnetic gap.

The dynamic speaker operates on the same basic principle as a dynamic microphone, but in reverse, to produce sound from an electrical signal.


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a relay that maintains either contact position indefinitely without power applied to the coil.

A latching relay allows remote control of building lighting without the hum that may be produced from a continuously (AC) energized coil.


a relay that returns to its predefined contact after the current has been turned off.


a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe.


a type of portable, rotating electric heater that uses halogen elements to heat the area.


a boiler in which the fuel is burned in a fluidized bed.


a stove in which the air inlet control slows down the combustion.


an apparatus used in the adhesion of atoms, ions, or molecules from a gas, liquid, or dissolved solid to a surface.


an apparatus for transmitting pictures by phototelegraphy.


the first telegraph printing text on a paper tape, invented by David Edward Hughes.


a tide gage used for measuring lake level variations.


a rain gage in which a float resting on the surface of the water measures the level of collected rainwater.


a mirror made via the method of making mirrors out of plate glass invented by 16th-century Venetian glassmakers, who covered the back of the glass with mercury, obtaining near-perfect and undistorted reflection.

For over one hundred years, Venetian mirrors installed in richly decorated frames served as luxury decorations for palaces throughout Europe, but the secret of the mercury process eventually arrived in London and Paris during the 17th century, due to industrial espionage.


leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting.

Fishnet stockings are commonplace roller derby regalia.


a necktie that is narrower than the standard tie, and often all-black.

Skinny ties were first popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by British bands such as the Beatles and the Kinks, alongside the subculture that embraced such bands, the mods.


a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century.


a broad kaftan with long sleeves, worn by the nobility in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries.


a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope.

Seen here is a scanning electron micrograph of yogurt, revealing bacteria that can be used to promote health.


a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women.


trousers usually of stretch material and kept taut by a strap under the foot, worn for skiing or as a fashion garment.


a voluminous garment worn over the inner cassock by bishops, priests, deacons, and monastics as their regular outer wear.

The outer cassock should be worn by a priest celebrating a service such as Vespers where the rubrics call for him to be less than fully vested, but it is not worn by any clergy beneath the sticharion.


a long, collared garment coming to the feet, with narrow, tapered sleeves, worn by all major and minor clergy, monastics, and often by male seminarians.

The inner rason is the basic garment, and is worn at all times, even when working.


a window blind that consists of a series of thin slats that hang in front of a window, which can be turned as a group close with a slight overlap to block the window.

Unlike horizontal blinds, vertical blinds are less likely to collect dust because they stand vertically.


(chemistry, physics) an electrode in which hydrogen gas is adsorbed on platinum.


an electrode that responds to the excitation signal without affecting the composition of the solution being measured.

The indicator electrode forms an electrochemical half cell with the interested ions in the test solution.


a triangular cabinet designed to fit in a corner.


a sliding tray that is a part of a computer desk, used to hold a keyboard.

The most common form of the computer desk is a variant of the ergonomic desk, which has an adjustable keyboard tray and sufficient desktop space for handwriting.


a tray used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs.

Hand sowing may be combined with pre-sowing in seed trays.


(nautical) a large locker under the cockpit seating.


a table used by woodworkers to hold workpieces while they are worked by other tools.

There are many styles of woodworking benches, each reflecting the type of work to be done or the craftsman's way of working.


extremely small print, read by a magnifying device.

Microprint is predominantly used as an anti-counterfeiting technique due to its inability to be easily reproduced by digital methods.


an additional stay that limits the amount that the upper portion of the mast can bend, and thereby enables tension to be effectively transferred from the backstay to the forestay.

Jumper stays were common in the first part of the 20th century.


a rig on a sailing vessel that consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

Fractional rigs were introduced on race boats in order to allow more controllability of the surface of the main sail and also less drag during tacking.


a fishing line with natural or artificial baited hook trailed by a vessel near the surface or at a certain depth.

The trolling line is towed at a speed depending on the target species, from 2.3 knots up to at least 7 knots.


(climbing) a line that can be hung onto with hands while climbing up or down a steep or slick section for limited protection.


climbing equipment that consists of a lanyard and two carabiners.

After a fatal via ferrata accident in August 2012 where both elastic lanyards on the energy-absorbing systems (EAS) in a via ferrata set failed, the UIAA (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation) worked with manufacturers to identify and recall several models of EAS systems.


(nautical) one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef.

One crewman must pull the reefing line as another crewman lowers the sail.


a lightweight line with a weight attached at the end, thrown between two ships or a ship and the shore to pull a heavier line or rope across.

The monkey's fist knot is most often used as the weight in a heaving line.


a shroud fitted on rigs with multiple spreaders.


It is the spinner's business to straighten out these fibres, with the aid of machinery, and then to so join them that they become a thread, which is known as spun silk.


yarn that has undergone the carding process, but not the combing process.


a braided cord worn on one shoulder with certain uniforms.


the farthest forward forestay that runs from the bow or bowsprit to the top of the mast.

Running backstays support the headstay in a fractionally rigged boat.


a shroud attached near the masthead that stays the mast against athwartship loads.


a piece of cloth used in industrial environment for cleaning grease, oil, etc.


a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding.


a type of cheese knife that produces thin, even slices, used to cut semi-hard and hard cheeses.

A cheese slicer can be also used for slicing cold butter, zucchini, cucumber or cabbage.


a plastic or metal utensil used for cake and pastry decoration, similar in principle to a pastry bag.


a harrow that consists of fine spring tines mounted on a contour-flexing frame, used for weeding crops.


a harrow used to refine seed-bed condition before planting, to remove small weeds in growing crops and to loosen the inter-row soils to allow for water to soak into the subsoil.

Tine and chain harrows are often only supported by a rigid towing-bar at the front of the set.


a harrow that uses a series of turning spiked wheels for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil.


a cultivator that uses blades to throw soil toward the roots of crops.


a plough that has only one wheel at the front and handles at the rear for the ploughman to steer and maneuver it.

A single draught horse can normally pull a single-furrow plough in clean light soil, but in heavier soils two horses are needed, one walking on the land and one in the furrow.


oewn-two-furrow_plough-n oewn-double-furrow_plow-n oewn-double-furrow_plough-n oewn-two-furrow_plow-n

Heavy volcanic loam soils, such as are found in New Zealand, require the use of four heavy draught horses to pull a double-furrow plough.


oewn-gang_plough-n oewn-multiple-furrow_plow-n oewn-multiple-furrow_plough-n oewn-gang_plow-n

a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously.

Gang ploughs of up to fourteen bottoms were used.


a stick made of dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, used in moxibustion.


a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam.


an iron plowshare that is a part of a sokha.


a weeder with steel claws that grab weeds by the root for clean removal.


an ointment containing horse chestnut extract, used to relieve muscle pain and joint pain.

I use horse balsam after working out to soothe muscle pain.


a surface generated by a moving straight line with the result that through every point on the surface a line can be drawn lying wholly in the surface.

In algebraic geometry, ruled surfaces were originally defined as projective surfaces in projective space containing a straight line through any given point.


an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp; all light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement


the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings


a distinguishing feature of your personal nature


(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes


(genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene


any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence


an attribute that is common to all members of a category


the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

their different reactions reflected their very different personalities


the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

you can lose your identity when you join the army


your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence


the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)


finding her own personhood as a campus activist


the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive


(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)


(psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives


personality marked by self-love and self-absorption; unrealistic views about your own qualities and little regard for others


personality characterized by a strong need to repeat certain acts or rituals


(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development


the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

education has for its object the formation of character


a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character


a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)

hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness


preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness


oewn-spirituality-n oewn-spiritualism-n oewn-spiritism-n oewn-otherworldliness-n


concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs

he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him


(psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self


(psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings


(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion


oewn-aloneness-n oewn-loneliness-n oewn-lonesomeness-n oewn-solitariness-n


a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation


the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others


the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions


the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect


(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament


preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites


an inclination or tendency of a certain kind


a sensitive or highly strung temperament


the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed


(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness


characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright


the quality of being arresting or highly emotional


oewn-affectionateness-n oewn-fondness-n oewn-lovingness-n oewn-warmth-n

a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love


a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling


foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife


oewn-mawkishness-n oewn-sentimentality-n oewn-drippiness-n oewn-mushiness-n oewn-soupiness-n oewn-sloppiness-n


(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music


excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)


having temperamental and changeable moods


being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over

after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point


the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern

the blandness of his confession enraged the judge


oewn-coldness-n oewn-coolness-n oewn-frigidity-n oewn-frigidness-n oewn-iciness-n oewn-chilliness-n

a distressing coldness of tone and manner


a lack of feeling or expression or movement


her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone


oewn-cheerfulness-n oewn-cheer-n oewn-sunniness-n oewn-sunshine-n

the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room


oewn-good-temperedness-n oewn-good-humoredness-n oewn-good-humouredness-n oewn-good-naturedness-n


the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness


oewn-animation-n oewn-spiritedness-n oewn-invigoration-n oewn-brio-n oewn-vivification-n

quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous


oewn-liveliness-n oewn-life-n oewn-spirit-n oewn-sprightliness-n

animation and energy in action or expression

it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it


there was a pertness about her that attracted him


oewn-energy-n oewn-muscularity-n oewn-vigor-n oewn-vigour-n oewn-vim-n

an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)


enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness

a performance of great elan and sophistication


irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor


characterized by high spirits and animation


overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval


this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep


the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically


oewn-dynamism-n oewn-pizzazz-n oewn-pizzaz-n oewn-oomph-n oewn-zing-n

the activeness of an energetic personality


a disposition to remain inactive or inert

he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work


oewn-languor-n oewn-lethargy-n oewn-sluggishness-n oewn-phlegm-n oewn-flatness-n

inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends


the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative


oewn-apathy-n oewn-indifference-n oewn-numbness-n oewn-spiritlessness-n

the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally


oewn-listlessness-n oewn-torpidity-n oewn-torpidness-n oewn-torpor-n

inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy


inactivity resulting from a dislike of work


the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work


a disinclination to work or exert yourself


a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition


a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable

his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students


a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior


a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

all people should practice toleration and live together in peace


an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all


a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone


a disposition to be lenient in judging others

softness is not something permitted of good leaders


a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits


strictness and austerity in conduct and religion


oewn-severity-n oewn-severeness-n oewn-harshness-n oewn-rigor-n oewn-rigour-n oewn-rigorousness-n oewn-rigourousness-n oewn-inclemency-n oewn-hardness-n oewn-stiffness-n


a disposition to kindness and compassion

the victor's grace in treating the vanquished


good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence


a temperamental disposition to be agreeable


oewn-complaisance-n oewn-compliance-n oewn-compliancy-n oewn-obligingness-n oewn-deference-n

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others


a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition


oewn-crankiness-n oewn-crotchetiness-n oewn-contrariness-n oewn-grumpiness-n


oewn-sulkiness-n oewn-sullenness-n oewn-moroseness-n oewn-sourness-n


oewn-temper-n oewn-biliousness-n oewn-irritability-n oewn-peevishness-n oewn-pettishness-n oewn-snappishness-n oewn-surliness-n

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

his temper was well known to all his employees


the quality of being given to complaining


an ill-tempered and offensive disposition


oewn-bitterness-n oewn-acrimony-n oewn-acerbity-n oewn-jaundice-n oewn-tartness-n oewn-thorniness-n


an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious


a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits

charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury


oewn-readiness-n oewn-eagerness-n oewn-zeal-n oewn-forwardness-n


willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform


undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm


his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made


oewn-reluctance-n oewn-hesitancy-n oewn-hesitation-n oewn-disinclination-n oewn-indisposition-n


(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness


oewn-seriousness-n oewn-earnestness-n oewn-serious-mindedness-n oewn-sincerity-n

a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness


the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose


the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result

this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking


oewn-graveness-n oewn-gravity-n oewn-sobriety-n oewn-soberness-n oewn-somberness-n oewn-sombreness-n


oewn-sedateness-n oewn-staidness-n oewn-solemnity-n oewn-solemness-n


the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible


the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous


Annika reacted to Tom's flippancy with a cool stare


oewn-jocoseness-n oewn-jocosity-n oewn-merriness-n oewn-humorousness-n


a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement


oewn-impertinence-n oewn-perkiness-n oewn-pertness-n oewn-sauciness-n oewn-archness-n


oewn-impishness-n oewn-mischievousness-n oewn-puckishness-n oewn-whimsicality-n


oewn-humor-n oewn-humour-n oewn-sense_of_humor-n oewn-sense_of_humour-n

the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous


a friendly open trait of a talkative person


the quality of being facile in speech and writing


oewn-garrulity-n oewn-garrulousness-n oewn-loquaciousness-n oewn-loquacity-n oewn-talkativeness-n

the quality of being wordy and talkative


rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)


his silence about my contribution was surprising


the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary


the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups

mammals as a class are not strong on sociality


the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows


oewn-chumminess-n oewn-camaraderie-n oewn-comradeliness-n oewn-comradery-n oewn-comradeship-n

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability


the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone


characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive


oewn-affability-n oewn-affableness-n oewn-amiability-n oewn-amiableness-n oewn-bonhomie-n oewn-geniality-n

a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)


having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness


affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank

the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable


the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy


the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with


oewn-neighborliness-n oewn-neighbourliness-n oewn-good-neighborliness-n oewn-good-neighbourliness-n

a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors


having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining


geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana


when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light


an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship


oewn-aloofness-n oewn-remoteness-n oewn-standoffishness-n oewn-withdrawnness-n

a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner


a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible


characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)


a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously


a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people


having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition


the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances


the quality of being adaptable or variable

he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement


flexibility of interpretation or of options

the request left some wiggle room for future restructuring


oewn-pliability-n oewn-pliancy-n oewn-pliantness-n oewn-suppleness-n

he was valued for his reliability and pliability


the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances


the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe


the trait of thinking carefully before acting


thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings


the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision


the capability of quiet thought or contemplation


the trait of not thinking carefully before acting


the trait of giving little thought to danger


recklessness in politics or foreign affairs


the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection


the trait of being observant and paying attention


the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others


the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others


the quality of being careful and painstaking


the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities


the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger


the trait of practicing caution in advance


the trait of being cautious and watchful


the quality of not being careful or taking pains


the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger


the trait of not being cautious and watchful


oewn-unmindfulness-n oewn-heedlessness-n oewn-inadvertence-n oewn-inadvertency-n

the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities


the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern


he inherited his delinquency from his father


oewn-laxness-n oewn-laxity-n oewn-remissness-n oewn-slackness-n


the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men


the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male


masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)


the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women


the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female


oewn-effeminacy-n oewn-effeminateness-n oewn-sissiness-n oewn-softness-n oewn-womanishness-n oewn-unmanliness-n

the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy


the trait of deserving trust and confidence


trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing