Quick IndexTire chains, are devices which are affixed to the wheels of vehicles to provide superior traction when driving through snow and ice.
The tire would be heated in a forge fire, placed over the wheel and quenched, causing the metal to contract and fit tightly on the wheel.
A kind of pipe fitting shaped like a T.
The rod by means of which the disk or plug is moved to open and close a valve.
An object for children to play with.
An article of furniture supported by one or more vertical legs and having a flat horizontal surface.
Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
A thin, flat or convex slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs.
Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe.
A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.
A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric.
A wheeled carriage, cage, or basket that is suspended from and travels on an overhead track.
Bath tub.
A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken.
A continuous narrow, flexible strip of cloth, metal, paper, or plastic, such as adhesive tape, magnetic tape, or ticker tape.
A bag for travelling.
A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or tractor.
A part of printers, for toner use.
A shallow flat receptacle with a raised edge or rim, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles.
A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.
A gravestone.
A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound, inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic.
A Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which use Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) technology to improve their image quality.
A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving.
An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle. Also called gearbox.
A beverage prepared by infusion of the young leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of varieties of Camellia sinensis and C. assamica, originating from China.
A monitor screen that can detect and respond to something, such as a finger or stylus, pressing on it.
A cluster of five captive screw terminals at which a telephone pair terminates; the center terminal is for the ground wire, and two other terminals are used for the tip and ring wires.
A large, often metallic container for holding or storing liquids or gases.
Glass that has been prestressed by heating followed by sudden quenching to give it two to four times the strength of ordinary glass. Also known as toughened glass.
An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
A device that control temperature.
A term used to describe wood.
An air-tight container for the distribution or storage of goods.
An outer garment for covering the body from the waist to the ankles, divided into sections to fit each leg separately. Often used in the plural.
A variant of monitor which uses thin film transistor (TFT) technology to improve image quality.
A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.
A strong, low-density, highly corrosion-resistant, lustrous white metallic element that occurs widely in igneous rocks and is used to alloy aircraft metals for low weight, strength, and high-temperature stability.
Fittings are used in tube and plumbing systems to connect straight pipe or tubing sections, to adapt to different sizes or shapes, and to regulate fluid flow
Thin Film Transistor LCD monitor.
Tyre of a truck.
A bag perfect for a casual weekend trip or short business trip.
A device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes and activates switches controlling the equipment.
A regulator on a tub for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
A trolley case is a hard or soft-sided case on wheels, normally with a telescopic handle so it can be pulled along easily with minimal effort.
A widely used telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance.
A machine that trims timber.
A small wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
A device for indicating or measuring elapsed time, as a stopwatch.
A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label: sale tags on all coats and dresses.
A machine for textile use.
A crane carried on the bed of a motortruck.
A hard, brittle, corrosion-resistant, gray to white metallic element extracted from wolframite, scheelite, and other minerals, having the highest melting point and lowest vapor pressure of any metal.
A trademark used for a waxy, opaque material, polytetrafluoroethylene, employed as a coating on cooking utensils and in industrial applications to prevent sticking.
A thin film transistor (TFT) display screen.
A turbocharger (short for turbine driven supercharger) is an exhaust gas driven forced induction supercharger used in internal combustion engines.
Cables for telephone use.
Airplain model toy.
Lamps for reading or home lighting.
A needle for creating a tatoo.
Fabrics used in textile.
Kinds of jewelry made of titanium alloy.
A plastic or paper bag used for T-shirt packaging.
Extensible or compressible ladder.
The flat surface of a table.
A cogged belt, usually of reinforced rubber, that drives the camshaft in an internal-combustion engine.
A cloth used to cover a table.
A box, designed to form an effective seal at the back of the loading zone to prevent material rollback to the tail section of the conveyor.
A case for carrying or storing tools.
TFT LCDs is a variant of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which use Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) technology to improve their image quality. TFT LCDs are one type of active matrix LCD, though this is usually synonymous with them. They are used in both flat panel displays and projectors.
An electronic system to record attendance time.
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