awheel | (adjective) traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g. | - |
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cartwheel | (noun) acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel | - |
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(noun) a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim | - |
(noun) a dollar made of silver | Synonyms: silver dollar |
(verb) do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet | - |
cockateel | (noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head | Synonyms: cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus |
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cogwheel | (noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Synonyms: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel |
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creel | (noun) a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish | - |
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eel | (noun) voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | - |
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(noun) the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled | - |
feel | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure | - |
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(noun) a property perceived by touch | Synonyms: tactile property |
(noun) an intuitive awareness | - |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
(verb) be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state | - |
(verb) come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | Synonyms: find |
(verb) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude | - |
(verb) examine by touch | Synonyms: finger |
(verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: palpate |
(verb) pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | - |
(verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: experience |
(verb) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles | Synonyms: sense |
(verb) undergo passive experience of | - |
(verb) produce a certain impression | - |
(verb) grope or feel in search of something | - |
(verb) find by testing or cautious exploration | - |
(verb) be felt or perceived in a certain way | - |
flywheel | (noun) regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine | - |
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freewheel | (noun) a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) | - |
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(verb) coast in a vehicle using the freewheel | - |
(verb) live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | Synonyms: drift |
genteel | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite |
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handwheel | (noun) control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated | - |
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(noun) a wheel worked by hand | - |
heel | (noun) the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation | - |
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(noun) (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft | - |
(noun) the lower end of a ship's mast | - |
(noun) the back part of the human foot | - |
(noun) one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread | - |
(noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound |
(verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: reheel |
(verb) strike with the heel of the club | - |
(verb) perform with the heels | - |
(verb) follow at the heels of a person | - |
(verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: list |
keel | (noun) one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability | - |
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(noun) the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly | - |
(noun) a projection or ridge that suggests a keel | - |
(verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, lurch, reel, stagger, swag |
kneel | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneeling |
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(verb) rest one's weight on one's knees | - |
millwheel | (noun) water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill | Synonyms: mill wheel |
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newsreel | (noun) a short film and commentary about current events | - |
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nosewheel | (noun) a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear | - |
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paddlewheel | (noun) a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat | Synonyms: paddle wheel |
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peel | (noun) the rind of a fruit or vegetable | Synonyms: skin |
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(verb) get undressed | Synonyms: discase, disrobe, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
(verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: pare, skin |
(verb) come off in flakes or thin small pieces | Synonyms: flake, flake off, peel off |
pinwheel | (noun) a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire | Synonyms: catherine wheel |
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(noun) a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind | Synonyms: pinwheel wind collector |
(noun) a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim | - |
(noun) perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels | Synonyms: Aeonium haworthii |
reel | (noun) a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps | Synonyms: Scottish reel |
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(noun) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines | Synonyms: Virginia reel |
(noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: bobbin, spool |
(noun) winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod | - |
(noun) a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector | - |
(noun) music composed for dancing a reel | - |
(verb) wind onto or off a reel | - |
(verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag |
(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl |
reheel | (verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: heel |
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seel | (verb) sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons | - |
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steel | (noun) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod | - |
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(noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, sword |
(noun) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range | - |
(verb) cover, plate, or edge with steel | - |
(verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: nerve |
treadwheel | (noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadmill |
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unreel | (verb) unwind from or as if from a reel | Synonyms: reel off |
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waterwheel | (noun) a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine | Synonyms: water wheel |
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(noun) a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond | Synonyms: water wheel |
wheel | (noun) a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | - |
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(noun) a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel | - |
(noun) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | Synonyms: rack |
(noun) game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in | Synonyms: roulette wheel |
(noun) a handwheel that is used for steering | Synonyms: steering wheel |
(noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle |
(noun) forces that provide energy and direction | - |
(verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot | Synonyms: wheel around |
(verb) move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | Synonyms: roll |
(verb) wheel somebody or something | Synonyms: wheel around |
(verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal |