ETYM AS. beám beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. bâm tree, OS. bôm, Dutch boom, Old High Germ. boum, poum, German baum, Icel. bathmr, Goth. bagms and Greek phyma a growth, phynai to become, to be.
1. A column of light (as from a beacon); SYN. beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.
2. A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation.
3. Breadth amidships.
4. Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction.
A configuration of radiated energy characterized by rays that are sharply directional and parallel. + prikaži više

1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair.
2. A fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds; SYN. cockscomb, coxcomb.
3. Any of several devices for straightening fibers.
4. Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. + prikaži više

ETYM French département, from départir. Related to Depart.
1. A specialized division of a large organization; SYN. section.
2. A specialized sphere of knowledge.
3. The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France).

ETYM Old Eng. glem, gleam, AS. glaem, prob. akin to Eng. glimmer.
1. A flash of light (especially reflected light); SYN. gleaming, glimmer.
2. An appearance of reflected light; SYN. gleaming, glow, lambency.

The outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm.
In biology, one of the two bones in the lower forearm of tetrapod (four-limbed) vertebrates.

ETYM Latin, a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. Related to Ray a divergent line.
1. A circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius.
2. A straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere).
3. The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere; SYN. r. + prikaži više

Any of an order (Rajiformes) of usually marine cartilaginous fishes (as stingrays and skates) having the body flattened dorsoventrally, the eyes on the upper surface, and enlarged pectoral fins fused with the head
Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins.
Any of several orders (especially Ragiformes) of cartilaginous fishes with a flattened body, winglike pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail.
Species include the stingray, for example the Southern stingray Dasyatis americana, which has a serrated, poisonous spine on the tail, and the torpedo fish. + prikaži više

(Homonym: re).
1. (Mathematics) A straight line extending from a point.
2. A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.
3. Any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish.
4. A thin line suggesting a ray: as any of a group of lines diverging from a common center; half line.
5. Particle, trace.

ETYM Old Eng. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to German schelfe, Icel. skjâlf.
(Irregular plural: shelves).
A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.

ETYM Old Eng. spoke, spake, as, spâca; akin to Dutch speek, lg. speke, Old High Germ. speihha, German speiche. Related to Spike a nail.
/> 1. Any of the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to support the rim; something resembling the spoke of a wheel.
2. Any of the projecting handles of a steering wheel of a boat.
3. A radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim; SYN. radius. + prikaži više