Synonyms: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor, pile
Definition: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Similar words: nuclear reactor, reactor
Definition: (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
Definition: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
Usage: for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction
Definition: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Synonyms: pile, piling, stilt, spile
Definition: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Definition: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Synonyms: pile, voltaic pile, galvanic pile
Definition: battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Similar words: battery, electric battery
Definition: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
Definition: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Similar words: hair
Definition: a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
Usage: he combed his hair; each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
Synonyms: heap, cumulation, cumulus, agglomerate, mound, pile
Definition: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonyms: big bucks, big money, megabucks, bundle, pile
Definition: a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Usage: she made a bundle selling real estate; they sank megabucks into their new house
Similar words: money
Definition: wealth reckoned in terms of money
Usage: all his money is in real estate
Synonyms: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money
Similar words: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Definition: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Synonyms: pile
Definition: place or lay as if in a pile
Usage: The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Definition: arrange in stacks
Usage: heap firewood around the fireplace; stack your books up on the shelves
Similar words: set up, arrange
Definition: put into a proper or systematic order
Usage: arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
Synonyms: pack, mob, jam, pile, throng
Definition: press tightly together or cram
Usage: The crowd packed the auditorium
Similar words: crowd, crowd together
Definition: to gather together in large numbers
Usage: men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah