appurtenance |
(pl.) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. [1/2 definitions] |
backpack |
a pack used to carry objects, esp. camping gear, on one's back; knapsack. [1/3 definitions] |
bevel gear |
a gear with teeth angled or beveled so that it meshes with another gear whose shaft is at an angle of less than 180 degrees to its own shaft. |
boatswain |
a warrant officer on a warship, or in domestic service a petty officer responsible for a ship's gear such as rigging, anchors, and the like. |
chassis |
the landing gear of an airplane. [1/4 definitions] |
cog1 |
one of a series of teeth on a gear. [2/3 definitions] |
decamp |
to pack up gear and leave a camp. [1/2 definitions] |
differential |
in machinery, a system of gears allowing two or more shafts powered by the same source to turn at different speeds, as in the drive wheels of an automobile when it is turning; differential gear. [1/8 definitions] |
downshift |
to shift a motor vehicle's transmission into a lower gear. |
forward |
the state of a mechanism that causes forward movement, esp. a gear in an automobile transmission. (Cf. reverse.) [1/13 definitions] |
gearless |
combined form of gear. |
ghost gear |
fishing gear that is lost or illegally dumped into the oceans by commercial fishing companies. |
hob1 |
a machine tool used for cutting the teeth of gear wheels, sprockets, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
idle |
of a machine or motor vehicle, to operate out of gear, slowly, or without accomplishing work or motion. [1/10 definitions] |
idler |
a gear or wheel that transmits motion between two others without change of direction or speed. [1/2 definitions] |
lanyard |
a short rope or wire used to fasten or tauten gear or rigging on a ship. [1/4 definitions] |
lever |
an extended handle which controls or sets the position of a part or parts in a mechanical device such as a latch or a gear shift. [1/3 definitions] |
lug1 |
of an engine, to move under a strain, as in too high a gear up a hill. [1/2 definitions] |
mesh |
a fitting together, as of gear teeth. [1/8 definitions] |
pinion1 |
a small gear that engages a larger one. |
planet gear |
a gear that meshes with and describes a circular path around another gear, esp. in an epicyclic train; planet wheel. |