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baserock: a well consolidated geological formation which can be considered as homogeneous with respect to seismic wave transmission and response
Category: The cosmos

bedrock: rock of relatively great thickness and extent in its native location
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

bedrock: the uppermost strongly consolidated geological formation above the baserock,which exhibits contrast in mechanical properties to overlying deposits and is homogenoous
Category: The cosmos

bedrock: A bedrock is a layer of rock of low permeability underlying the aquifer(as opposed to'cap rock',cf.No 5404)
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

bedrock: Solid rock covered by loose material or appearing on the surface.
Category: The cosmos

Brock: 2)a method for eliciting a sense of fusion in which a small spot on a neutral background is monocularly fixed while a flashing light is held against the lid of the other closed eye
Category: Medicine

Brock: 2)two complemenary,colored rings viewed directly,or by projection onto a screen,through complementary colored filters so that each ring is seen by only one eye
Category: Medicine

Brock: 2)a test to determine binocular fixation in which one end of a string is placed against the bridge of the nose and the other fastened to a light source fixated through red and green filters,one before each eye
Category: Medicine

Brocken: glory which may surround the Brocken spectrum.
Category: The cosmos

Brocken: considerably enlarged shadow of an object, observed opposite the Sun, on a cloud of water droplets or on fog. It may or may not be surrounded by a coloured glory.
Category: The cosmos

crock: particulate matter,usually coloured,which can be removed from some suede leather by dry rubbing
Category: Various industries and crafts

Crocking: A synonym for`rubbing`in the sense of the fastness to rubbing of dyes.
Category: Various industries and crafts

crocking: the transfer or rubbing off of leather-finishing materials or color onto materials coming into contact with the leather..../also called marking off rubbing off
Category: Technical and industry in general

flyrock: the rock fragments which are thrown and scattered during quarry or tunnel blasting
Category: Mining

mantlerock: all the loose or weathered material,residual or transported,overlying the parent rock
Category: The cosmos

retro-rocket: rocket fitted to vehicle to oppose forward motion,for example to bring satellite out of orbit and back to Earth
Category: Mechanical engineering

rock: deformation of the base so that an article does not stand firmly on a flat surface
Category: Various industries and crafts

rock: excessive play between ground surfaces intended to match
Category: Various industries and crafts

rock: (curling) Mr. X sweeps Mr. Y`s rock down the highs.
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

rock-crystal: transparent quartz
Category: Chemistry

rocker: deformation of the base so that an article does not stand firmly on a flat surface
Category: Various industries and crafts

rocker: lever located on a shaft,one end of the lever being on the valve stem,the other being on the pushrod
Category: Mechanical engineering

rocket: A self-propelled vehicle whose trajectory or course,while in flight,cannot be controlled.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

rocket: Missile whose motion is due to reaction propulsion and whose flight path cannot be controlled during flight.
Category: Transport

rocketplane: an airplane using a rocket or rockets for its chief or only propulsion.
Category: Transport

rocketry: , more than any single foactor provided American space officials...with the confidence that they would win the space race.
Category: Mechanical engineering

rockets: sounding instrument carried aloft by a rocket.
Category: The cosmos

rocketsonde: sounding instrument carried aloft by a rocket.
Category: The cosmos

rockfall: periodic falling of stones
Category: Building industry

rockfill: an embankment dam in which more than 50% of the total volume comprises compacted or dumped pervious natural or crushed stone
Category: Building industry

rockoon: a small instrumented rocket sounding system carried by a balloon to a pre-determined height and fired by a ground-controlled radio relay when some particular event,e.g.,a solar flare,occurs
Category: Standards, measures and testing

rocks: Crystals of heroin or other drugs
Category: General

rockt: a ramjet engine with a rocket attached to it,usually mounted concentrically within the ramjet duct,to bring the ramjet up to operational speed
Category: Defense

Rockwell: a test for hardness(resistance to indentation)of a material in which a hardened steel ball or diamond point is pressed into the material under test
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

Rockwell: tests carried out using a diamond cone with a rounded point give the Rockwell hardness C; tests carried out using a steel ball give the Rockwell hardness B
Category: Standards, measures and testing

Rockwell: l. the test consists of impressing, in two operations, in the surface layer of the test piece a penetrating body of standardised type ( cone or ball ) and of measuring the permanent increase e of thom this increase 2. a test to determine hardness by indicating on a dial the depth of the impression caused by a loaded indenter in the form of either a diamond cone or a hardened steel ball
Category: Standards, measures and testing

rocky: a stream channel having stones as its lining
Category: Building industry

rocky: rill or drainage-way conveying runoff throufh existing rocky material
Category: Building industry

rocky: a species of tick common in the western USA, parasitic on numerous wild mammals, most domestic animals, and man. It is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularaemia, Colorado tick fever, and Q fever in the USA, and is one of the causes of tick paralysis in that country
Category: Botany and zoology

rocky: a disease of man, dogs, and other small mammals, which is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. Early signs may include any combination of fever, anorexia, lymphadenopathy, polyarthritis, coughing or dyspnea, abdominal pain, and edema of the face or extremities; petechiation occurs later, if at all, and is generally confined to the mucous membranes
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

sprocket: individual tooth or projection shaped so as to engage with a chain or wheel
Category: Transport

sprocket: a toothed cylinder or wheel that engages the perforations of a motion-picture film to carry it through a mechanism.
Category: General

sprocket: in naval mine warfare,an anti-sweep device included in a mine mooring to allow a sweep wire to pass through the mooring without parting the mine from its sinker
Category: Defense

sprocket: a dérailleur gear consists of a mechanism to move the chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size..also sprocket, p.983..
Category: Transport

sprocket: a tooth or projection...shaped so as to engage with a chain.
Category: General

windrocking: the movement of tree stems in the wind,which may lead to chafing of the collar and sometimes of the roots,and,in very wet soil,loosening in the ground
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

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