plating
Webster Dictionary
the art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition
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base
Webster Dictionary
alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion
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debase
(debase, alloy)
Princeton's WordNet
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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alloy
(debase, alloy)
Princeton's WordNet
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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samovar
(samovar)
Princeton's WordNet
a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea
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plugged
(plugged)
Princeton's WordNet
(of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal
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core
(ɔr, koʊr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thickness of base metal beneath a cladding.
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gold-plate
(ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to coat (base metal) with gold, esp. by electroplating.
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silver plate
(ˈsɪl vərn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a coating of silver, esp. one electroplated on base metal.
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basi-
Webster Dictionary
a combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc
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gold-filled
(ˈgoʊl dənˌsil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.
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iron
(iron, smoothing iron)
Princeton's WordNet
home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
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smoothing iron
(iron, smoothing iron)
Princeton's WordNet
home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
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billon
(ˈbɪl ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an alloy of gold or silver with a larger amount of base metal, esp. copper.
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billon
Webster Dictionary
an alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage
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dado
Webster Dictionary
in any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base
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rolled gold
(ˈroʊlˌbæk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thin layer of gold fused to a base metal, rolled out into sheets from which articles can be cut, esp. jewelry.
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champlevé
(ˈveɪ, -ˈveɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
being or made by an enameling technique in which the enamel is fused onto incised or hollowed areas of a metal base.
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base
Webster Dictionary
morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations
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foundation
Webster Dictionary
the lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry
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aluminium
Webster Dictionary
the metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al
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sabot
(ˈsæb oʊ, sæˈboʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.
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metathesis
Webster Dictionary
the act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt
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spur
Webster Dictionary
a projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage
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force play
(ˈfɔrsˌmit, ˈfoʊrs-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a play in which a base runner is forced to advance to the next base or to home plate in order to make room for another base runner, usu. resulting in an out for the first runner.
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metal detector
(metal detector)
Princeton's WordNet
detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal
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metal
Webster Dictionary
to cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road
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acid
(ˈæs ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a compound usu. having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and turning blue litmus paper red, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base.
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metallic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy
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force
(force out, force-out, force play, force)
Princeton's WordNet
a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
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