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noun
- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
- A chip or dent in something metallic.
- A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
- A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
verb
- To crack; to open.
- To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
- To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
- To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
- To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
noun
- A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
- Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
- Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
noun
- A narrow strip or shred.
- An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
- A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
- A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
- A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
- In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
- A bandsaw.
- A watchspring.
- A sliver.
- A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
- An awareness ribbon.
- A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
verb
noun
- A small chink or crack.
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
verb
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
adj
noun
- An object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate.
- Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check.
- A camera shutter.
- The membrane vessels, etc. that close the obturator foramen, or thyroid foramen, a large opening or fenestra in the anterior part of the hip bone.
- A valve closure member (disk, gate, plug, etc.).
noun
- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
- The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
- A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
- The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
- A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
- An act of urination.
verb
- To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
- (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
- To urinate.
- To bleed.
- To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
noun
- An inset, hole, hollow space or opening.
- A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.
- A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
- A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground.
- A remote, secret or abstruse place.
- A break, pause or vacation.
- A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
- A period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
verb
noun
verb
- To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
noun
noun
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- A style, tendency, or quality.
- The entrails of a shrimp.
- A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
verb
noun
noun
- A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- A suitcase.
- A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- Four of a kind.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
noun
- A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
- The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
- A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
- The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
- The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
noun
- A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
- A winkle
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
verb
noun
- A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
- The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
- The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth.
- The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
- The number of reeds or splits per inch – one half the number of ends per inch.
noun
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A choking coil.
- In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
verb
- To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
noun
- A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
- Material used for cloth selvage.
- A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
- A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
- The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
- A tilt to a building.
- The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
- The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
- A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
- A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
- A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
verb
- To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
- To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
- To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
- To create or recite a list.
- To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
- To plough and plant with a lister.
- To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
- To place in listings.
- To listen to.
- To listen.
- To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
- To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
- To tilt to one side.
noun
- A small, compact chunk or clump.
- A tidbit of something valuable.
- A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
- A type of boot polish.
- A chicken nugget.
- An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
- A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
- A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
noun
- Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
- A mortise for a key or cotter.
- A gravitational keyhole.
- A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
- A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
- The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
- The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
- A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
- A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
verb
noun
- A hole in one.
- The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
- An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person owning a "first rank" talent.
- A perfect score on a school exam.
- A dollar bill.
- A person who is asexual.
- A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
- The best pitcher on the team.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A card or die face so marked.
- A single point or spot on a playing card or die normally indicating it as the prime, i.e. first and forefront. (in playing cards, of that series)
- A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
adj
verb
noun
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- the opening of a jar or bottle
verb
noun
- a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern.
noun
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow cleft
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- a chance to do something
- witty remark
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a usually brief attempt
- the act of cracking something
verb
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp sound
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- pass through (a barrier)
- break partially but keep its integrity
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- tell spontaneously
- cause to become cracked
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
adj
noun
- a narrow opening
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
verb
noun
- Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
- Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
- A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
- A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
- Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
- material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album
- In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division).
- Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
- One who fills.
- A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
- A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
- Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
noun
- a small cupboard or closet.
- A pony that works in a mine.
- A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
- A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc..
- A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
- A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
noun
noun
- A small pit.
- A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- A recurring topic or character.
- A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
verb
adj
verb
- To break into small pieces or fragments.
- To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
- To sinter.
- To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
noun
noun
- A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
- A film or slimy coating.
- The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
- Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
- A step of a ladder; a rung.
- A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
- Rhyme.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.
verb
noun
- A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- The symbol #.
verb
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
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