slang for sexual intercourse | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | the act of moving with great haste |
a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
someone who guards prisoners | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |