ALTERNATOR
A device that converts mechanical energy into alternating electrical current.
Other meanings and uses
- In a vehicle, a generator that supplies electricity and helps charge the battery.
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BATTERY
One or more connected cells that store and supply electrical energy.
Other meanings and uses
- A group of similar objects or devices arranged to work together.
- In law, intentional and unlawful physical contact with another person.
- A military unit equipped with artillery pieces or similar weapons.
ENGINE
A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
Other meanings and uses
- A system or program that performs a central processing function.
- A person or force that drives a process, organization or change.
- A railway locomotive, especially in ordinary informal usage.
RADIATOR
A device that transfers heat for the purpose of cooling or heating.
Other meanings and uses
- A vehicle heat exchanger that removes heat from circulating coolant.
- A room-heating fixture through which hot water or steam circulates.
CHOPPED
Cut into pieces with repeated sharp blows or slicing motions.
Other meanings and uses
- Describes food divided into relatively small, often irregular pieces.
- Removed, shortened or abruptly discontinued in informal usage.
GREEK
Relating to Greece, its people, culture, history or language.
Other meanings and uses
- A person who is from Greece or has Greek heritage.
- The Indo-European language spoken in Greece and related communities.
- The alphabet used for Greek and for many technical symbols.
HOUSE
A building intended primarily for people to live in as a home.
Other meanings and uses
- The people belonging to a household or family line.
- A legislative chamber, such as an upper or lower house.
- A commercial firm, institution or place of entertainment.
- A style of electronic dance music with a steady rhythmic pulse.
WEDGE
A tapered piece used to split, secure, lift or separate objects.
Other meanings and uses
- A portion of food cut into a broad triangular shape.
- A golf club designed chiefly for short, high shots.
- To force something tightly into a narrow opening or position.
- Something that creates separation or disagreement between people.
CONTROL
The power or ability to direct, manage, restrain or regulate something.
Other meanings and uses
- To exercise authority or directing influence over something.
- A device used to operate or adjust a machine or system.
- A comparison condition used to assess an experimental treatment.
- Skill in directing one's movements, emotions or performance.
ESCAPE
To get free from confinement, danger, control or an unwanted situation.
Other meanings and uses
- An act or means of getting away from a place or difficulty.
- A temporary diversion from routine, pressure or unpleasant reality.
- In computing, a special character or instruction affecting interpretation.
SHIFT
To move or cause something to move from one position or state to another.
Other meanings and uses
- A scheduled period during which a person works.
- A change in position, direction, emphasis, opinion or condition.
- To change gears in a vehicle or other geared machine.
- A simple loose-fitting dress with a relatively straight shape.
SPACE
An empty or available area, distance, extent or interval.
Other meanings and uses
- The vast region beyond Earth's atmosphere containing celestial bodies.
- Room or capacity available for a person, object or activity.
- A blank interval separating written or printed characters.
- To arrange things with measured distances or intervals between them.
AT LAST
A phrase meaning finally, especially after delay, effort or expectation.
Other meanings and uses
- Used to express relief or satisfaction when something eventually happens.
HERALD
A person or messenger who formally announces important news or events.
Other meanings and uses
- To announce or signal that an event or development is approaching.
- A sign regarded as indicating the arrival of something significant.
- An officer concerned with coats of arms, genealogy and ceremonies.
HYDRANT
A valved outlet connected to a water main or other water supply.
Other meanings and uses
- A fire hydrant providing firefighters with access to a public water main.
- A yard hydrant used to draw water from an outdoor supply pipe.
TRITONE
A musical interval spanning three whole tones, or six semitones.
Other meanings and uses
- An interval that may be written as an augmented fourth.
- The same six-semitone distance written as a diminished fifth.