tailpiece
deadbolt
limb
selvage
bit
deadlatch
bolt
talon
blade
slide bolt
sliding bolt
ward
doorlatch
lever lock
handlock
sneck
keyhole
night latch
broach
pin
bitting
clicket
shoot
snugger
check key
latching
torque wrench
tension wrench
latchet
heelpost
pan
torsion wrench
bump key
ringlet
locklike
detent
keeper
tumbler
lockset
padlock
lock picking
forward assist
bible
leaf valve
throttle
nut
haggaday
cylinder lock
snake rake
unlatching
skeleton key
hand throttle
keylock
keysending
jiggler
spring lock
rewet
clasp lock
spring latch
bow
striking plate
keyable
gate
bridle
bar
submaster
doorlock
lasket
heck
door opener
hip lock
master key
key
perivalvular
cyrtomatodont
latchable
brace
perivalvar
follower
shackle bolt
F Lock
hasp
maglock
core locked
spinlock
spring hook
claviform
clack door
harr
valviform
prize
knubble
space bar
latch
locklike
keyable
perivalvular
cyrtomatodont
latchable
perivalvar
core locked
claviform
valviform
tailpiece
deadbolt
limb
selvage
bit
deadlatch
bolt
talon
blade
slide bolt
sliding bolt
ward
doorlatch
lever lock
handlock
keyhole
night latch
broach
pin
bitting
clicket
snugger
check key
latching
torque wrench
tension wrench
latchet
heelpost
pan
torsion wrench
bump key
ringlet
keeper
tumbler
lockset
padlock
lock picking
forward assist
bible
leaf valve
throttle
nut
haggaday
cylinder lock
snake rake
unlatching
skeleton key
hand throttle
keylock
keysending
jiggler
spring lock
rewet
clasp lock
spring latch
bow
striking plate
gate
bridle
submaster
doorlock
lasket
heck
door opener
hip lock
master key
key
brace
follower
shackle bolt
F Lock
hasp
maglock
spring hook
clack door
harr
prize
knubble
space bar
handlock
sneck
shoot
detent
bar
key
spinlock
latch
noun
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- An appendage or appendix.
- An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- A short joist between a header and a wall.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
noun
- An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
- The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
- A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
- The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
- The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- A branch of a tree.
- The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
verb
noun
- The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
- Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
- The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
- Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
- That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
- A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
- The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
verb
noun
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- A small amount of something.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- A gun.
- The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- A portion of something.
- A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
- A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- Fractions of a second.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Specifically, a small amount of time.
adj
verb
noun
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
adv
verb
- To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- To escape.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
noun
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
- The remaining stock of undealt cards.
- A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
noun
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
- A homosexual, usually male.
- An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down interrogation mark.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- Thin plate, foil.
- The principal rafters of a roof.
- A blade server.
- An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- Synonym of knifeblade
- A sword or knife.
verb
noun
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- An object used for guarding.
- A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Land tenure through military service.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- A division of a forest.
verb
noun
- The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
- A mortise for a key or cotter.
- A gravitational keyhole.
- Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
- 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.
- 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
- The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
- A spire rising from a tower.
- A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
- An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
- A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
- The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
- A spit for cooking food.
- A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
verb
- To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
- To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
- To begin discussion about (something).
- To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
- To break the surface of the water.
- To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
noun
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- 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.
- A pinball machine.
- 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 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.
verb
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
intj
noun
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
noun
- A type of latch that operates by providing spring tension between a door or window and its frame.
- A threaded plastic tube used to clamp blood vessels during surgery.
- Moveable brackets for keeping small items secure on a shelf.
- A ring that fits tightly around a cable, rope or wire, holding it in place or preventing leakage around any hole through which it passes.
noun
noun
- The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A human face, a mug.
- A part; a portion.
- Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- A loaf of bread.
- A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
verb
- To turn out well; to be successful.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- To turn horizontally.
adj
noun
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- One who keeps (retains) something.
- A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
- Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- A person or thing worth keeping.
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
- An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
noun
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- Something that causes (something else) to tumble.
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.
- The pupa of a mosquito.
noun
- The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
- Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
- Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
- A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.
- A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
noun
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
verb
- To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- To strangle or choke someone.
noun
- The tumbler of a gunlock.
- Monthly expense to keep a venture running.
- Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
- A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
- An extreme enthusiast.
- The head.
- A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft.
- On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
- Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen.
- Such a fruit that is indehiscent.
- A testicle.
- En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.
- A crazy person.
- Semen, ejaculate.
- The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts (“the best possible hand available”).
- The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
- A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
- A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
verb
- To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
- To gather nuts.
- To hit in the testicles.
- To orgasm; to ejaculate.
- To defeat thoroughly.
intj
noun
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
verb
- To become bent or curved.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
- A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- Movable barrier.
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A way, path.
verb
- To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- To open a closed ion channel.
- To furnish with a gate.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
noun
- A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
- The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
- A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
- A mooring hawser.
- A restraint; a curb; a check.
- A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
verb
verb
- To lock or bolt with a bar.
- To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
- To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
- To prohibit.
prep
- Except, other than, besides.
- Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
noun
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- The counter of such premises.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- The crossbar.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- One of those musical sections.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
noun
noun
- The control mechanism by which a door is latched and unlatched.
- Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.
- Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.
- A communication technique designed to encourage someone to speak openly.
- Someone or something that provides someone with opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
- A crowbar-like tool used by firefighters to quickly force locked doors to open.
- Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.
- Someone who opens doors.
noun
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- something crucial for explaining
- pitch of the voice
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of answers to a test
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
verb
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- provide with a key
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- regulate the musical pitch of
- harmonize with or adjust to
adj
adj
noun
- The mouth of a shaft.
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
- A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
verb
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
adj
noun
- A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A pursuer.
- An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- One who follows, comes after another.
- A man courting a maidservant; suitor.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- Young cattle.
noun
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
verb
adj
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