Word Finder - tumbler

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One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

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A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

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A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.

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A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.

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A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish his measure.

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A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

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A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.

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A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.

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A kind of cart; a tumbril.

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The pupa of a mosquito.

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One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.

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A porpoise.

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(cryptocurrency) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.

Serve the drink in a tumbler or stemmed glass.

So I sit down and have my plastic tumbler of red wine which was very nice.

Bathroom upstairs, shower room with toilet downstairs, dishwasher, microwave & refrigerator, washing machine & tumbler dryer.

The original black paintwork is still intact and the brass keyhole cover has a swan engraved and ' Improved Tumbler Lock ' .

A Normal watering can and rose took 3 gallons to fill the tumbler, wasting most again on the surrounding soil.

She 's sipping from a heavy amber glass tumbler, our heroine.

They were the first company in Willenhall to developed the manufacture of a cylinder pin tumbler lock about 1910.

She's sipping from a heavy amber glass tumbler, our heroine.

The servant brought back his tumbler turned upside down, * with an unfinished bit of nibbled sugar, and asked if anything more would be wanted.

Rotate the compost tumbler half a dozen times once a day.

Shake all the ingredients together and serve in a tumbler glass.

Tumbler Test If someone is ill and gets a rash, do the tumbler test.

Pour the mixture through a strainer into a tumbler and top it off with enough chilled soda water to fill the glass.

Pour the drink into a stemmed glass or tumbler for serving.

A homeowner that knows how to build a compost tumbler can easily use one in even the smallest yard or garden.

Knowing how to build a compost tumbler can remove some of the largest objections to composting such as smell and lack of space.

While compost tumblers are available for purchase at many different price points, a compost tumbler can also be built from a few basic materials.

A well cared for compost pile should never smell, but harried homeowners may find that a compost tumbler is easier to turn over and maintain regularly than the standard compost pile.

Neighbors may also encourage a contained tumbler rather than an open pile in your backyard.

The size and elaborateness of your tumbler will depend on the amount of waste you have to compost as well as your construction skill.

This basic tumbler can be rolled around after new compost has been added and every few days to increase the decomposition rate.

However, this modest compost tumbler may not satisfy homeowners with large amounts of compost or those who regularly use their compost tumbler.

For these homeowners, they should consider building a compost tumbler with a few extra features.

One great feature is a stand for the tumbler that allows you to turn, rather than roll the tumbler.

Consider adding bars to the interior of the tumbler.

Chop waste such as bush trimmings into small pieces before adding it to your compost tumbler.

The compost tumbler should drain quickly if you over water it, but try to avoid wasting water in this manner.

Gardeners with a lot of experience and space for composting may find that a compost tumbler is inadequate for their needs.

Building a compost bin may also be better than a tumbler for some homeowners.

Once you learn how to build a compost tumbler, constructing several is a quick and inexpensive job for most homeowners.

An eco composter uses a tumbler mechanism that breaks down material into a rich black soil.

Prices vary from around $20 for a simple kitchen compost container, up to over $500 for a large capacity outdoor compost tumbler.

Similar to the tumbler, the bio orb looks like a ball supported by a framework.

It is sent through a tumbler to give it the same look as sea glass; it is not found on a beach.

The stemless wine tumbler was first introduced to the American wine drinker by Riedel, an Austrian crystal maker.

If you are handy with your hands, then it is very simple to decorate a glass jar or tumbler with some heart shaped motifs.

A tumbler or some other gift from the Make-A-Wish Foundation will delight a teacher and help make a child's wish come true.

This involves pressing a glass tumbler against the rash to see if the red spots disappear under pressure.

Drink large tumbler of whiskey to take away pain.

Visitors can also try blowing glass and cutting patterns onto a crystal tumbler for themselves on the VIP ' Hands-On ' tour.

When a little soil is shaken up with water in a tumbler the sand particles rapidly fall to the bottom and form a layer which resembles ordinary sand of the seashore or river banks.

Although some perfecting machines have been made with one cylinder only, which reverses itself on the old " tumbler " principle, they now are made with two cylinders, and it is with this class that we are particularly concerned.

When her husband took his place she concluded, from the rapid manner in which after taking up his table napkin he pushed back the tumbler and wineglass standing before him, that he was out of humor, as was sometimes the case when he came in to dinner straight from the farm--especially before the soup.

The " Igel," a squat tumbler covered with prunts, gave rise to the " Krautsrunk," which is like the " Igel," but longer and narrow-waisted.

I took up the chip on which the three I have particularly described were struggling, carried it into my house, and placed it under a tumbler on my window-sill, in order to see the issue.

Rostov received his tumbler, and adding some rum to it asked Mary Hendrikhovna to stir it.

When everything was ready, the stranger opened his eyes, moved to the table, filled a tumbler with tea for himself and one for the beardless old man to whom he passed it.

Where it is impossible for the patient to visit Carlsbad, half a teaspoonful or a teaspoonful of salt may be taken in a large tumbler of hot water on rising every morning; but when taken at home the treatment is not so effective as at Carlsbad, because at the wells sipping water is associated with early rising, considerable exercise and a very carefully regulated diet.

After removal from the machine, the tumbler is severed from the blowing iron, and its fractured edge is trimmed.