| ball cock |
a device used to regulate the supply of water in a tank or toilet, consisting of a lever connected to a floating ball that shuts a valve when raised and opens it when lowered. |
| baroreceptor |
a nerve ending sensitive to blood pressure that helps regulate the dilation of blood vessels in the circulatory system. |
| body clock |
(non-technical) the internal mechanisms that regulate bodily functions; Circadian rhythm. [1/2 definitions] |
| bonnet |
a cap used to regulate the draft for a fireplace or chimney. [1/6 definitions] |
| bylaw |
one of the rules that regulate the workings of an organization or company. |
| civil law |
the section of law that deals with the rights of the citizens, as distinct from laws that regulate criminal acts, military personnel, or international trade. [1/3 definitions] |
| control |
to exercise the power to regulate, dominate, or manipulate; command. [1/9 definitions] |
| dial |
a disk or plate that can be rotated, often by a knob, to regulate a mechanism or to make and break electrical connections. [2/8 definitions] |
| diaphragm |
a disklike device that moves to regulate the amount of light entering an optical instrument such as a camera. [1/5 definitions] |
| diet1 |
to prescribe or regulate the food intake of. [1/6 definitions] |
| FCC |
abbreviation of "Federal Communications Commission," a U.S. agency whose duty is to regulate the various communications industries including telephone, radio and television, and satellites. |
| Federal Communications Commission |
a U.S. agency whose duty is to regulate the various communications industries including telephone, radio and television, and satellites. |
| free enterprise |
the notion that a capitalist economy does not require government support or intervention, but can regulate itself through the relationships of supply and demand in a freely competitive market. |
| gatehouse |
a structure built at the gate of a dam or reservoir that houses the controls needed to regulate the flow of water. [1/2 definitions] |
| Greenwich time |
the solar time that is determined at the prime meridian through Greenwich, England, and that is used to calculate and regulate time throughout most of the world; Greenwich mean time. |
| key1 |
to regulate, coordinate, or adjust so that there is harmony or an appropriate match with something else. [1/8 definitions] |
| laissez faire |
an economic policy or doctrine that opposes government interference in or regulation of business or commerce beyond what is necessary for a free-enterprise system to regulate itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| meter3 |
any of numerous devices designed to automatically register or regulate time, distance, velocity, quantity, or degree. [2 definitions] |
| Mother Nature |
a personification of the force or principle that seems to regulate the physical universe. |
| nipple |
any of several pieces of piping that serve to connect, or to regulate the flow of fluid. [1/3 definitions] |
| overregulate |
combined form of regulate. |