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Vermicelli :: Vermicelli (n.) The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni..

Platten :: Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass..

Organ :: Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..

Resonator :: Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds..

Pyrosome :: Pyrosome (n.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent..

Gasometer :: Gasometer (n.) An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required..

Air-tight :: Air-tight (a.) So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder..

Cylindriform :: Cylindriform (a.) Having the form of a cylinder.

Cucumiform :: Cucumiform (a.) Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

Noncondensing :: Noncondensing (a.) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Quadric :: Quadric (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics..

Roller :: Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel..

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

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