A person or thing that is seminal and influential.
The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches.
A military or heavy construction vehicle.
The initial agent that is the cause of all things.
A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
One who shapes.
A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
A person who designs and builds surfboards.