trackball
mechanical mouse
roller
rollunder
mouse
pinch bar
computer mouse
ballout
linkage
enarthrosis
ballrace
puck
rollover
time-ball
knocker
topspinner
triangle
contact
goal
gadgetry
backbox
discus
blivit
jack
goalball
inlane
balk
jackstones
point
throw-in
line-out
attachment
piezocone
knob
neighborhood
anchor shot
interchanger
shotcreter
plugpoint
reluctor
plunger
balljoint
cradle
telstar
yellow spot
rest
string
turbinal
pinball machine
button
teqball
slider
spherical cone
shot
ball clicker
ball return
hookkeeper
soup bone
thumbhole
pin
racquetball
freeball
pendulum
tool
curling stick
foot
trick shot
spike
agglomerator
screwback
prod
dartboard
scioptic ball
autoplunger
goad
basket
paddle
sandblaster
target
butt
drag
pointing stick
rolldown
flatscreen
pancake
claw
hook
mechanism
keysender
tennikoit
net
shuttlecock
gobble hole
flipper
total clearance
handball
slingshot
light gun
turbinal
trackball
mechanical mouse
roller
rollunder
mouse
pinch bar
computer mouse
ballout
linkage
enarthrosis
ballrace
puck
rollover
time-ball
knocker
topspinner
triangle
contact
goal
gadgetry
backbox
discus
blivit
jack
goalball
inlane
balk
jackstones
point
throw-in
line-out
attachment
piezocone
knob
neighborhood
anchor shot
interchanger
shotcreter
plugpoint
reluctor
plunger
balljoint
cradle
telstar
yellow spot
rest
pinball machine
button
teqball
slider
spherical cone
shot
ball clicker
ball return
hookkeeper
soup bone
thumbhole
pin
racquetball
freeball
pendulum
tool
curling stick
foot
trick shot
spike
agglomerator
screwback
prod
dartboard
scioptic ball
autoplunger
goad
basket
paddle
sandblaster
target
butt
pointing stick
rolldown
flatscreen
pancake
claw
hook
mechanism
keysender
tennikoit
net
shuttlecock
gobble hole
flipper
total clearance
handball
slingshot
light gun
string
drag
noun
- A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A rolling pin
- A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A roller towel.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A wheelchair user.
verb
noun
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- person who is quiet or timid
verb
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- The property of genes of being inherited together.
- A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
noun
- A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.
- A graphic element that changes its appearance when the cursor moves over it.
- A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.
- In the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week.
- The reinvestment of funds in a new issue of the same or similar investment.
- The process of incrementing, especially back to an initial value.
- A keyboard feature where each key is scanned independently, so that multiple simultaneous keypresses always register correctly.
- A fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan.
- The sudden ignition of flammable gasses (produced by pyrolysis in an oxygen-poor environment) near the ceiling of a room or other enclosed space.
noun
- A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
- A person who knocks.
- A critic; one who disparages.
- A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
- One who defaults on payment of a wager.
- A woman's breast.
- A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
- A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
- A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
noun
- A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- A set square.
- The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- A polygon with three sides and three angles.
- A love triangle.
- A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound when undergoing corporal punishment.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
noun
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- A contact lens.
- The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- A device designed for repetitive connections.
- Contact juggling.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
verb
noun
- game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- a successful attempt at scoring
noun
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- a small worthless amount
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- male donkey
verb
noun
- The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
verb
- To refuse suddenly.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To stop, check, block.
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- 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.
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- 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.
- 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 set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play
- A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).
- An extra item added free of charge; a product that is thrown in with another.
- the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
noun
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A woman's breast.
- A contemptible person; dick.
- A prominent rounded hill.
- A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- The clitoris.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
verb
noun
- A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
- The residential area near one's home.
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- An approximate amount.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
noun
- The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A cavalryman.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- The firing pin of a breechloader.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
noun
- A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- 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.
- 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.
- A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- 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.
noun
- A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- Absence of motion.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- A final position after death.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- That which remains.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
verb
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To rely or depend on.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
- To lean, lie, or lay.
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To sleep; slumber.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To lie dormant.
- To stay, remain, be situated.
verb
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To put strings on (something).
- To put (items) on a string.
noun
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A stringed instrument.
- The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A series of items or events.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- A stringcourse.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
noun
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- A bud.
- An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The center (bullseye) of the house.
- The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- The end of a runway.
- Synonym of adjuster.
- The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- A button man; a professional assassin.
- A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- The clitoris.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
verb
noun
- A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- A slideshow on a web page.
- the red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”)
- An open-toed and backless sandal
- A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- A small hamburger.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- A sliding door.
noun
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- the act of firing a projectile
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a chance to do something
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- an attempt to score in a game
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
adj
noun
- A pinball machine.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
- Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
noun
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
- A gun.
- A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
- To equip with tools.
- To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- To work very hard.
- To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
noun
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- Travel by walking.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- The bottom edge of a sail.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
- The globular lower domain of a protein.
- The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Foot soldiers; infantry.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
verb
noun
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- An adolescent male deer.
- A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
- A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- Spike lavender.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- A sort of very large nail.
- An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- Synonym of endpin.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- The casual ward of a workhouse.
- An ear of corn or grain.
verb
- To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
- To inject a drug with a syringe.
- To fix on a spike.
- To increase sharply.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
noun
- A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- 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 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.
- A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
- 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
- A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
- A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
- The game of basketball.
- A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
- The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
- The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
- A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
- A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
- In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
- The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
- The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
- A set or collection of intangible things.
- The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
- Bastard.
verb
noun
- A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A person's hand.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- A paddlewheel.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
verb
- To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- To toddle.
- To spank with a paddle.
- To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- To dog paddle in water.
noun
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- a reference point to shoot at
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- the location of the target that is to be hit
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
verb
noun
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- thick end of the handle
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
verb
verb
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
noun
- A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- Anything very thin and flat.
verb
noun
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
verb
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- the technical aspects of doing something
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
noun
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
adj
verb
- make as a net profit
- yield as a net profit
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- catch with a net
adj
noun
- A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
- Television remote control, clicker.
- A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
- A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- A small flat used to support a larger one.
- Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
- In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
- A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
- A kitchen spatula.
verb
noun
- The small rubber ball used in this sport.
- A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
- The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
- A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
- An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
- A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
- The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
verb
- To insert a hand into someone's anus.
- To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
- To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
- To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
noun
- A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
- A sling bikini.
- An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
- A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
verb
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