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Dieresis :: Dieresis (n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns..

Catheterize :: Catheterize (v. t.) To operate on with a catheter.

Bull :: Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5..

Atmospherical :: Atmospherical (a.) Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine..

Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..

Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..

Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work..

Scalp :: Scalp (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account..

Operate :: Operate (v. t.) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor..

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act..

Wire-puller :: Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer..

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..

Underwork :: Underwork (v. i.) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Machiner :: Machiner (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe..

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