Crossword clues for lifter
lifter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lifter \Lift"er\ (l[i^]ft"[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, lifts.
(Founding) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. 2 (context weightlifting English) A weightlifter. 3 A spatula.
WordNet
n. an athlete who lifts barbells [syn: weightlifter]
a thief who steals goods that are in a store [syn: booster, shoplifter]
Wikipedia
Lifter may refer to:
- Ionocraft, a device that can generate thrust using ionised air with no moving parts
- Tappet, part of an internal combustion engine that actuates a poppet valve through rocker arms and pushrods
- Liquid fluoride thorium reactor, shortened to "LFTR" and pronounced "lifter"
- A filter that operates on a cepstrum, in signal processing
- Lifter (band), an alternative rock band from Silver Lake, Los Angeles that formed in 1992 and released one album in 1996 on Interscope Records. Despite a strong local following, airplay on college & alternative rock stations, and a video being shown on MTV's 120 Minutes, the album sold poorly and the band faded quickly into obscurity.
Lifter (2001) is the second album for the Dallas, Texas-based band Edgewater. The album was recorded independently, and some of its tracks were included on their first release, as well as their Wind-up debut, South of Sideways.
Lifter (Ned Lathrop) is a fictional mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Jack Kirby in Captain America Annual #4 (1977).
Usage examples of "lifter".
Bane, but a man well nigh as old as his uncle, though he hath not made men tremble so sore, albeit he be far the better man, a good warrior, a wise leader, a reiver and lifter well wrought at all points.
The bungee jacket used the same lifters as the hoverstruts that held the spindly structures up.
The six escapees darted for what they thought was a hidden booster plate at the base of the wall, five men and one woman piling onto the makeshift lifter.
King had seen soldiers move on Khelat so far, and in minutes the lifters were empty and took off.
He turned off the engine and immediately heard another one, not far away, a heavier machine than his own, probably one of the stackers and lifters.
They could ease the passage of a terrified passenger lifter, or ensure that nosy busybodies were made into asteroid sandwich, but he enjoyed the spectacle of seeing something as big and vain as the Time-span negotiating this potentially fatal dance.
Shaoki, then by their hirelings, the heavy lifter unit the Malleus Maulers, was chance, the typical Shaoki strategic stupidity, or the knowledge the Khelat were coming.
The lifter, and the floor under it, rose, with a thick mass of vitrified rock underneath.
Billy Antrim entered briskly, strode at the same speed as the others, went to the lifters and took one to the third floor.
They spoke an Italian dialect predominantly, with some Greek and Romansch, but other languages were used around the docks, the lifter pads and the ports, as anywhere.
Especially with the aliens hanging with random cheeseballs and lifters all day long.
Why, man, the lads of Westburnflat, for ten lang descents, have been reivers and lifters.
For in this Sacrament Thou hast bestowed many good things and still bestowest them continually on Thine elect who communicate devoutly, O my God, Lifter up of my soul, Repairer of human infirmity, and Giver of all inward consolation.
When she calculated what this one fact was costing her in stocks and bonuses to keep her loading crews silent, she was tempted to start her own heavy machinery factory, with lifters and forks and cranes all built so that anybody could operate them at the touch of a button.
A couple of others were moving along a different gravel path toward the lifters, conveyers, and compactors in the recycling and .