'Hooke' definitions:
Definition of 'Hooke'
From: WordNet
noun
English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]
Words containing 'Hooke'
- Can hook,
- Hook,
- Hooked,
- Hooking,
- Hooks,
- Off the hook,
- Off the hooks,
- To hook on,
- hook on,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- on the hook,
- Bid hook,
- Boat hook,
- Boot hook,
- Button hook,
- By hook or by crook,
- Cant hook,
- Cat hook,
- Chain hook,
- Check hook,
- Chimney hook,
- Clove hook,
- Crochet hook,
- Deck hook,
- Draught hook,
- Eccentric hook,
- Fly hook,
- Forelock hook,
- Gate hook,
- Gorge hook,
- Grub hook,
- Hook and eye,
- Hook bill,
- Hook ladder,
- Hook motion,
- Hook squid,
- Hook wrench,
- Hooke's gearing,
- Hooke's joint,
- Hooks, TX,
- India Hook,
- Junk hook,
- Kranging hook,
- Marcus Hook,
- Mousing hook,
- On one's own hook,
- Pruning hook,
- Reaping hook,
- Red Hook,
- Sail hook,
- Sandy Hook,
- Shave hook,
- Side hook,
- Sister hooks,
- Spring hook,
- Swamp hook,
- Swivel hook,
- To go off the hooks,
- V hook,
- Warping hook,
- Wed hook,
- Weed hook,
- Weeding hook,
- Welsh hook,
- arrester hook,
- bench hook,
- clip hook,
- cranging hook,
- cup hook,
- dog hook,
- fire hook,
- grappling hook,
- hook and ladder,
- hook bones,
- hook of holland,
- hook shot,
- hook spanner,
- hooke's law,
- match hook,
- meat hook,
- meat hooks,
- reap hook,
- robert hooke,
- Hook-nosed,
- India Hook, SC,
- Marcus Hook, PA,
- Red Hook, NY,
- Sandy Hook, KY,
- Tenter-hook,
- To be on the tenter-hooks,
- hook and ladder truck,
- hook line and sinker,
- hook-and-ladder,
- hook-billed,
- hook-shaped,
- Hook-billed marlin,
- hook-and-ladder company,
- hook-and-ladder truck