flying arch
geostatic arch
screwback
foot lifter
drift
structural integrity
stilted arch
counterarch
trimmer arch
diaphragm
trabeate
trabeated
work-board
workboard
shield
friction pile
cleat
drive
free solo
Jacob's ladder
screwboard
lath
compliance
rocking tree
bendable
wall-crawler
pliable
pliant
upright
hingeless
waxy
counterweight
wall crawler
wallcrawler
abutment
column
undercut
liftshaft
log
pillar
inelastic
rappel
ductility
pulley
overarching
guy rope
block
catenary
ladder beam
socket
project
ladder
upforce
embedment
surbase
block and tackle
grapple
suspension scale
camerate
safety arch
underlay
vault
mountdown
arching
retaining wall
rope drilling
pilaster
understructure
crutch
jungle gym
Fink truss
nonhorizontal
flying buttress
sub-excavation
hammertoe
pendent
unhinged
relieving arch
cradle
unhorizontal
ligule
limber
overlier
manhandle
entocele
basset
dropshaft
segmental arch
elastic
foothole
straining piece
elevator shaft
overarch
belay
superposed
nonslip
pull up
trabeate
trabeated
bendable
pliable
pliant
hingeless
waxy
undercut
inelastic
overarching
nonhorizontal
pendent
unhinged
unhorizontal
limber
elastic
superposed
nonslip
flying arch
geostatic arch
screwback
foot lifter
drift
structural integrity
stilted arch
counterarch
trimmer arch
diaphragm
work-board
workboard
shield
friction pile
cleat
Jacob's ladder
screwboard
lath
compliance
rocking tree
wall-crawler
upright
counterweight
wall crawler
wallcrawler
abutment
column
liftshaft
log
pillar
rappel
ductility
guy rope
block
catenary
ladder beam
socket
ladder
upforce
embedment
block and tackle
suspension scale
safety arch
vault
mountdown
arching
retaining wall
rope drilling
pilaster
understructure
crutch
jungle gym
Fink truss
flying buttress
sub-excavation
hammertoe
relieving arch
cradle
ligule
overlier
entocele
dropshaft
segmental arch
foothole
straining piece
elevator shaft
drive
free solo
undercut
pulley
project
surbase
grapple
camerate
underlay
manhandle
basset
overarch
belay
pull up
noun
- A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
noun
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Anything driven at random.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
verb
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
noun
- A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
- In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
- A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
- Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
- A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
- A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
- In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
- A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
verb
noun
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A police badge.
verb
noun
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
verb
verb
- excavate horizontally
- operate or control a vehicle
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- cause to move back by force or influence
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- push, propel, or press with force
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- have certain properties when driven
- work as a driver
- move by being propelled by a force
- urge forward
- proceed along in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- (hunting) search for game
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
noun
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a road leading up to a private house
- the trait of being highly motivated
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
noun
- A noncompact surface resembling a ladder made of handlebodies.
- A rope ladder from the ratline to the upper mast.
- A high-voltage electrical device, often used as a visual effect in old movies, which has a pair of vertical electrodes that form an arc between them starting at the bottom, rising to the top, then repeating.
- A pocketknife consisting of two handle segments joined by a pivot, with a blade connected by a second pivot to the end of one handle segment.
- A ladder leading to heaven.
- A toy consisting of blocks of wood, held together by strings or ribbons, that appear to cascade downward as they flip over.
- A serving of short ribs.
- A flowering plant of the genus Polemonium.
noun
- A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
- An act of complying.
- The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
- The state of being compliant.
- The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
- The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- An upright piano.
- An upright arcade game cabinet.
- A leg
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- A goal post.
adv
adj
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect
- Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
- A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
- The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
- A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
- The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
- That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
- The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
- Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
- The state of abutting.
noun
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
adj
- Designed so as to cut from the underside.
- Having the parts in relief cut under.
- Produced by undercutting.
verb
- To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
- To undermine.
- To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
- To strike a heavy blow upward.
noun
- The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
- A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
- The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
- A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
- A blow dealt upward.
- A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
- A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.
noun
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- A piece of feces.
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- A heavy longboard.
- A penis.
verb
noun
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a fundamental principle or practice
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a prominent supporter
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.
- The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces.
- A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports.
- The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
adj
noun
- A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
- One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
- A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
- An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
- One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- The hollow of a candlestick.
- A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
verb
verb
- To extend beyond a surface.
- To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard from a large distance away.
- To make plans for; to forecast.
- To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
- To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
- To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
noun
noun
- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
- In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
verb
noun
verb
- To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
- To hook and raise with a grapple.
- To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
- To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
- To wrestle or tussle.
- To seize something and hold it firmly.
- To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
noun
verb
- To incline from the vertical.
- To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- To put a tap on (a shoe).
- simple past tense of underlie
- To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
noun
- A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
noun
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- Any archive of past content.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- An encrypted digital archive.
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
- A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
verb
noun
- A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.
- A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
adj
adj
- Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
- Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- Pending in various senses.
noun
- A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- Infancy, or very early life.
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
verb
- To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To rock (a baby to sleep).
- To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
adj
adj
- Made of elastic.
- Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
- springy; bouncy; vivacious
- Pervasive, all-encompassing.
- Sensitive to changes in price.
- Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
- Of clothing, elasticated.
noun
verb
- To lift upwards or vertically.
- To intentionally take a racehorse out of a race, usually as a result of the horse's tiredness or concerns of potential injury (in reference to the act of pulling up the reins).
- To raise the nose of an aircraft.
- To cause (a horse) to stop when riding.
- To fetch for display on a screen.
- To arrive at a halt; to approach and stop at a particular point.
- To admonish or criticize someone for their actions.
- To cause (a person) to stop.
- To pull forward.
- To improve; to get better; to lift one's game.
- To travel somewhere, especially to meet someone else; to come to.
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