dangerman
man
poster
double tackle
attackman
opposite
critic
wingback
midfielder
half forward
tackler
winger
spearhead
zugzwang
crash tackle
man-to-man defense
layback
lay back
clogger
high tackle
wing
laugher
pick
piling on
screen
half-break
left back
tackle for loss
grappler
bodyslam
wrestler
tackle
matman
unbalanced
castler
edge rusher
turn
tacklee
singles
utility player
fullback
right back
anchor
flick-on
shirtfront
left wing
pivotman
charging
inbounder
enforcer
charge
dummy scissors
doubles
dummy
straight hit
outside centre
wallhacker
dig
wing-back
interception
number ten
savescummer
open-side
double play
hold-up play
corner forward
shutout
bust
mauler
centre-back
team sport
viscerality
crosscheck
forced throw
pick and roll
handbags at dawn
backfield
attacking midfielder
spear
high challenge
scissor tackle
kickout
offside trap
breakaway
late tackle
finisher
right wing
offensive foul
point
halfback
utilityman
interference
misdefense
encounter
fox in the box
cornerman
left field
unbalanced
dangerman
man
poster
double tackle
attackman
opposite
critic
wingback
midfielder
half forward
tackler
winger
spearhead
zugzwang
crash tackle
man-to-man defense
layback
clogger
high tackle
wing
laugher
pick
piling on
screen
half-break
left back
tackle for loss
grappler
bodyslam
wrestler
tackle
matman
castler
edge rusher
turn
tacklee
singles
utility player
fullback
right back
anchor
flick-on
shirtfront
left wing
pivotman
charging
inbounder
enforcer
charge
dummy scissors
doubles
dummy
straight hit
outside centre
wallhacker
dig
wing-back
interception
number ten
savescummer
open-side
double play
hold-up play
corner forward
shutout
bust
mauler
centre-back
team sport
viscerality
crosscheck
forced throw
pick and roll
handbags at dawn
backfield
attacking midfielder
high challenge
scissor tackle
kickout
offside trap
breakaway
late tackle
finisher
right wing
offensive foul
point
halfback
utilityman
interference
misdefense
encounter
fox in the box
cornerman
left field
lay back
spear
noun
- A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- An adult male servant.
- A husband.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
- An adult male human.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
- A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
- All human males collectively: mankind.
- A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A vassal; a subject.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
verb
- To take up position in order to operate (something).
- To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
intj
pron
adj
name
noun
- A dunk over a defending player.
- An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
- A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- One who posts a message.
verb
noun
- An opponent.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- An antonym.
- An additive inverse.
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
prep
adv
noun
- A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
- One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
- A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
- A wingback chair.
noun
- A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.
- A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump
- A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
- A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.
- A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
- A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up one limb at a time.
- The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
verb
noun
- A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- Human arm.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A háček.
verb
noun
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
- The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
- Doing more and more (of something), especially when it is inappropriate or problematic, such as by continuing to break a diet
- The process by which additional combatants join an ongoing fight or argument when they think they know who will win so that they will be on the winning side.
- The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
noun
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- A disguise; concealment.
verb
- To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To present publicly (on the screen).
- To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- To fit with a screen.
- To shelter or conceal.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
noun
- A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- A block and tackle.
- A man's genitalia.
- Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- Clothing.
- A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
verb
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- The time required to complete a project.
verb
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
noun
- A player who plays on the left or right side of defence.
- A position behind the main line of backs in both rugby union and rugby league. In rugby union, they wear number 15 jersey at the start of play and are the last line of defence responsible for catching punts.
- A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.
- An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.
noun
- A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
- Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
- A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
- A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
- The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- That which gives stability or security.
- A screw anchor.
- Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
- One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
- The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
- A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
- One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
- The brake of a vehicle.
- A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
- A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
- An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
- The final runner in a relay race.
- An anchorman or anchorwoman.
- Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
verb
noun
- An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- An instruction.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- A load or burden; cargo.
- A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- A sort of plaster or ointment.
- An electric charge.
- An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- Cannabis.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- A measured amount of explosive.
verb
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- To impute or ascribe.
- To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- To commit a charging foul.
- To add to or represent on.
- To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- To assume as a bearing.
- To replenish energy.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to.
- To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
noun
- A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- A stupid person.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.
- A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- An unused parameter or value.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
adv
verb
noun
- A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- Digoxin.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- A thrust; a poke.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- An innings.
verb
- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- To thrust; to poke.
noun
- A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
noun
- A player who fails to meet expectations.
- A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- A disappointment.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
verb
- For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower
- To break.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- To break in (an animal).
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- To refute an established opening.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To reduce in rank.
adj
verb
- To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- To pierce with a spear.
- To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
noun
- An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- The sprout of a plant, stalk
- In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- The feather of a horse.
adj
noun
- A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.
- A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.
- A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.
- A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.
- A penalty for holding or sinking the driver
noun
- A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
- A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
- A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
- An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
- A stampede of animals.
- A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
- An animal that breaks away from a herd.
- An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
- A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
- The act of breaking away from something.
- The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
adj
noun
- A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
- The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
- The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
- A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
- A player who scores points for their team.
- A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
- A finishing move.
- A person who finishes or completes something.
noun
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- The difference between two points of the compass.
- A railroad switch.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- An electric power socket.
- A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- To repair mortar.
- To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- To face in a particular direction.
- To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- To mark with diacritics.
- To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- To indicate a probability of something.
- To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- To sail close to the wind.
- To approximate to the surface; to head.
noun
- A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
- Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
- The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
- An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
- One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
- A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
verb
noun
- The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
- The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
- In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
- The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
- The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.
- A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
verb
noun
- A match between two opposing sides.
- A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- An extrajudicial killing or execution.
verb
noun
- The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
- An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)
- An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).
- The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.
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