ringwork
summercastle
summer-tower
turret
barbacan
barbican
donjon
fortification
munition
crownwork
clypeiform
dead angle
ward
scance
motte and bailey
curtain wall
peltiform
chevaux-de-frise
fastness
cheval-de-frise
stronghold
brattice
clypeate
wheelhouse
ravelin
flanker
castlewise
rampart
testudo
fort
band
parallel
defilade
bailey
fortress
drum tower
pillbox
Mokanshan
parapet
chain mail
rook
defense
defensive structure
outwork
keep
line of defense
defence
forebuilding
line of defence
buttress
gate
scutiform
armored
cat
stockade
wall
langet
girdle
bar
palisade
counter-castle
corona
perimeter
heater
ironclad
machicolation
cantoned
caponier
breastwork
ribauldequin
alfiz
fortresslike
dungeon
hornwork
scutum
cashel
battlemented
annulation
thimble
vault
column
pillar
rivet
pillar-shaped
garnetohedron
redoubt
bulwark
clypeiform
peltiform
clypeate
scutiform
armored
ironclad
cantoned
fortresslike
battlemented
pillar-shaped
castlewise
ringwork
summercastle
summer-tower
turret
barbacan
barbican
donjon
fortification
munition
crownwork
dead angle
ward
scance
motte and bailey
curtain wall
chevaux-de-frise
fastness
cheval-de-frise
stronghold
brattice
wheelhouse
ravelin
flanker
rampart
testudo
fort
band
parallel
defilade
bailey
fortress
drum tower
pillbox
parapet
chain mail
rook
defense
defensive structure
outwork
keep
line of defense
defence
forebuilding
line of defence
buttress
gate
cat
stockade
wall
langet
girdle
bar
palisade
counter-castle
corona
perimeter
heater
machicolation
caponier
breastwork
ribauldequin
alfiz
dungeon
hornwork
scutum
cashel
annulation
thimble
column
pillar
rivet
garnetohedron
redoubt
bulwark
vault
noun
- A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
- An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
- The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
- A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
noun
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- An object used for guarding.
- A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Land tenure through military service.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- A division of a forest.
verb
noun
- The predecessor of the castle, having a raised earth mound (the motte) topped with a tower (or donjon), and a wooden ring fortification surrounding a courtyard (the bailey).
- A form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two similar positions, one modest and easier to defend (the "motte") and one much more controversial (the "bailey"), by advancing the controversial position, but when challenged, insisting that they are only advancing the more modest position.
noun
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
noun
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- A steep bank of a river or gorge.
verb
noun
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money
- A marching band.
- A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
verb
noun
- One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- A line of latitude.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
adv
verb
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
adj
noun
- A castle or other fortification.
- A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- A rookie.
- A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
verb
noun
- a structure used to defend against attack
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- protection from harm
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- the justification for some act or belief
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
noun
- The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
verb
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To restrain.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To continue.
noun
- a structure used to defend against attack
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- the justification for some act or belief
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- protection from harm
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
noun
- A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
- Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
- A prostitute.
- A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
- A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
- A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
- A spiteful or angry woman.
- A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
- A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
- An enthusiast or player of jazz.
- A street name of the drug methcathinone.
- An animal of the family Felidae
- Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
- A person (usually male).
- Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
adj
verb
- To go wandering at night.
- To vomit.
- To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
- To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
- To gossip in a catty manner.
- To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
noun
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
- A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
- A point of defeat or extinction.
- A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
- A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
- Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
- A spring of water.
- A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
- Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
- A point of desperation.
- The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian.
- A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
- A barrier to vision.
- A barrier.
- An impediment to free movement.
- A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
- Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
verb
noun
- In some swords, an extension of the guard located on both flats of the blade, designed to fit tightly over the mouth of a scabbard and prevent accidental unsheathing.
- A long thin strip of metal (usually either two or four) extending from the head of a staff weapon (such as a halberd) down a certain length of the wooden shaft, secured with nails or screws and designed to prevent splitting or breakage of the wood.
- A strong lace used in Holland for women's clothing.
noun
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- The counter of such premises.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- The crossbar.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- One of those musical sections.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
prep
- Except, other than, besides.
- Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
verb
noun
- (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
- an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
- one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
- a long cigar with blunt ends
noun
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
- The outer limits of an area. See synonyms at circumference.
- An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
- The length of such a boundary.
- The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
noun
- A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
- An extended winning streak.
- A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
- A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
- A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
noun
- An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
- The kneecap.
- One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- A scute.
- A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
noun
- A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
- As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
- A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
- A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
- A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).
- A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.
verb
verb
noun
- A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- 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.
noun
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- 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
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
noun
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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