A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
The catcher's wire mask.
A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
An automobile.
The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
Something that hinders freedom.
The goal.
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
To immobilize an artificial horizon.
To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.