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ATTUNING |
Adjusting |
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TWIDDLING |
Adjusting (knobs) |
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HATE |
Aversion to adjusting the heat |
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IMPORTANCE |
Significance of adjusting air-con temp |
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TEMPERAMENT |
Peter met man adjusting person’s make-up |
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INITIATE |
Start off adjusting a tie in it |
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DRESS |
Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. |
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CHANGING HANDS |
Adjusting time on clock when passing to new owner |
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CHANGINGHANDS |
Adjusting time on clock when passing to new owner |
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TENTATION |
A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or
experiments. |
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BALANCEMENT |
The act or result of balancing or adjusting;
equipoise; even adjustment of forces. |
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POKING-STICK |
A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in
adjusting the plaits of ruffs. |
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ADJUSTMENT |
The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted;
act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. |
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COMB |
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and
adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. |
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BALANCE |
To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by
adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance. |
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SETTLING |
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of
establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. |
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KEY |
An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or
adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc. |
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RHEOSTAT |
A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of
electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of
resistance which can be varied at will. |
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SETTLEMENT |
The act or process of adjusting or determining;
composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of
accounts; arrangement; adjustm... |
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RIGGING |
DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains,
etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as
purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. |
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BEVEL |
...inted
together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the
surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a
... |
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ALIGNMENT |
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or
lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line;
also, the line ... |