Crossword-Solution: ACCELERATOR
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Accelerator | n. | One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “ACCELERATOR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Certain FOOT pedal | 1 answer |
| Gas pedal | 2 answers |
| Part of an auto. | 4 answers |
| Throttle | 32 answers |
| Particle | 71 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NECORA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ACCELERATOR (5)
Coating over dry iodine to an orange color, then over the accelerator, to a light rose, and back over iodine one sixth as long as first coating, will produce a fine, soft tone, and is the coating generally used for most accelerators.
The plate iodized to a dark orange yellow, or tinged slightly with incipient rose color, coated over the accelerator to a deep rose red, then back over iodine one-tenth as long as at first coating, gives a clear, strong, bold, deep impression.
This the principal accelerator used in the American practice, and is the best of all dry combinations at present employed.
Those who wish to experiment with agents for accelerating substances, should first study to well understand their peculiar nature and properties; as well, also, to endeavor to find out what will be the probable changes they undergo in combination as an accelerator.
Chloride of Iodine as an Accelerator.—This is probably one of the best accelerators that can be used for coating the plate for taking views; it works too slow, however, to meet the wants of the operating room, yet its use was formerly, for a long time, adhered to by some of our best professors.
Quotes with ACCELERATOR (3)
First draft blues:"He tested the stick and glanced at the set handbrake. With his feet he felt the accelerator, the brake, the clutch. Backwards, but otherwise just the same, and comforting in a solid, mechanical way. It even smelled right, oil, petrol, lubricated warm metal, and the polished windshield seemed transparent in the night’s silver flood.
About 10 to 20 percent of both men and women report an increase in their sexual interest when they're anxious or depressed. But a guy who wants sex more when he's anxious or depressed probably has less sensitive brakes. In contrast, a woman who wants sex more when she's anxious or depressed is likely to have a more sensitive accelerator.
Consider, for a moment, how profound is an education: every human-made object in the world is the result of one. Every car, computer, particle accelerator, thatched hut, hairstyle, soufflé, piano concerto. These are the products not only of the skilled hands and nimble minds of their creators, but the result of whole traditions and systems of education. Change education, and you change the world.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1954–2021).