COMPRESSORS Synonyms

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

• something used to achieve a purpose

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

• an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

• any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

• an efficient person

• an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

• a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

• a group that controls the activities of a political party

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

• turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

• make by machinery

• machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

• a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

• conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

• causing or able to cause motion

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

• a low-cut shoe without fastenings

• operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

• deliver forth

• draw or pour with a pump

• supply in great quantities

• flow intermittently

• move up and down

• raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

• question persistently

• rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate