Word: noiseless
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...weren't because he is a rabid Hitler-hater. But he observed last week that there is still time for the U. S. to use cycloidal propulsion for airplanes. Two cycloidals mounted on either side of the fuselage with blades projecting laterally would make possible a wingless, almost noiseless plane capable of short landings and take-offs like an autogiro (see cut). Professor Kirsten believes it could fly 500 m.p.h...
...Denver, Reginald Scott Dean of the U. S. Bureau of Mines held up pieces of steel and brass, dropped them on the floor. They clanged. Mr. Dean then dropped a piece of another metal. There was a faint thump. This "noiseless" metal, as strong and elastic as mild steel, is a heat-treated alloy of copper and manganese. "This," said Metallurgist Dean, "opens up many new possibilities-chatterless spring suspensions, noiseless gears, a muffler for a whole host of bothersome industrial sounds...
...childbirth, strained to capacity by labor. The underbeat is the heart of the child she is struggling to bear. Once, in the picture's first episode, the overbeat stops. It is like a scene of human sacrifice. The cramped body lies on its pallet. The doctors make deft, noiseless movements with their instruments, then stop. They are masked in sterile white; eyes staring at the suddenly dead body...
...needless horn-blowing, but I feel sure that nearly everyone has owed his life at one time or another to the timely blast of an automotive horn. I uphold the saying "Rely on your brakes instead of your horn," but that axiom does not always apply. How does noiseless Mr. Brown expect to pass a lumbering motor truck on a narrow road? The driver would be only too glad to pull over if he knew someone wished to pass. IT IS NOT ONLY DISCOURTEOUS BUT DANGEROUS TO TRY TO PASS A CAR WITHOUT LETTING THE DRIVER KNOW...
...bodied, short-legged, arch-backed member of the weasel family which likes nothing better than a fight. Minks fight each other, kill and eat almost any bird, fish or non-carnivorous beast smaller than themselves, some larger. In captivity they are clean, hardy, except for an occasional chirp almost noiseless. They need one meal a day, chiefly meat and fish. They like to swim but can do without it. Almost any country place where autumn weather is brisk will do for a mink farm...