Words that rhyme with millwheel
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awheel
adj 1: traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the public was awheel" -
cartwheel
n 1: a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim 2: acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel 3: a dollar made of silver [syn: silver dollar, cartwheel] v 1: do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet -
cogwheel
n 1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion [syn: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel] -
flywheel
n 1: regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine -
freewheel
n 1: a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) v 1: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" [syn: freewheel, drift] 2: coast in a vehicle using the freewheel -
pinwheel
n 1: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels [syn: pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii] 2: a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'" 3: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind [syn: pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector] 4: a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire [syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel] -
waterwheel
n 1: a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond [syn: waterwheel, water wheel] 2: a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine [syn: waterwheel, water wheel] -
gearwheel
See also millwheel definition
