Term: worm gear: gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: strap: a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: misanthrope: someone who dislikes people in general
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: anecdotist: a person skilled in telling anecdotes
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: obsessive: a person who has obsessions
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: kniphofia: a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: anathema: a detested person
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: rattlesnake fern: American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: canape: an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: congo copal: copal found usually as a fossil
Broader: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Unrelated: loanword: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English