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verb
- To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
- To place out of line.
noun
- A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- away from or off from the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film‘s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed or from those places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- A terrace on a hillside.
- The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
verb
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end; to finish.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
verb
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To plan; to expect; to think.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
verb
- To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- To make available.
- To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
noun
verb
- To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- To make a firm decision to do something.
- To find a solution to (a problem).
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
noun
verb
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To make a reply or response to.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
noun
verb
- To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
noun
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
- A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
noun
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- an authoritative command
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the state of being controlled or governed
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
adj
verb
- To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
- To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- To deal with.
- To come up against; to encounter.
- To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
- To engage in confrontation.
- To bring someone face to face with something.
verb
- To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To store for future use.
- To economize or avoid waste.
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- To accumulate money or valuables.
noun
- The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- A saving throw.
- A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
prep
conj
verb
- To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
- To blow a short gust.
- To waste time.
- To waffle, talk aimlessly.
- To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
- To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
- To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
- To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
- To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
noun
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
adj
adv
noun
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- A traverse board.
verb
- Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- To be attractive.
- To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
noun
- At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A power to attract or interest.
prep
verb
noun
- A deal to swap goods or services.
- A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- A contra dance.
adv
verb
- To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- To decide judicially.
- To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- To excel.
noun
- A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
verb
- To influence or alter.
- To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
- To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
- To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
- To move to emotion.
- Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
noun
verb
adj
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- not functioning properly
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- badly timed
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
adv
adj
verb
- To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
- To go from one side of (something) to the other.
- To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
- To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- To mark with an X.
- To score a try.
- To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
- To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
- To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
noun
- A difficult situation that must be endured.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- A hybrid of any kind.
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
- Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
- Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- crossfire.
- An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
adj
- Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
- Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
prep
verb
- To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- To turn over, capsize or upset.
- To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- To overthrow or destroy.
- Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
verb
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
noun
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- One's employer.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
verb
noun
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- An instantiation of a class or structure.
- An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
- Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
verb
- To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
- To certify or license someone for something.
- To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
- To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
noun
noun
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- an event that departs from expectations
- discord that splits a group
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
noun
- The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
- The ground or reason of condemning.
- The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
- The state of being condemned.
- The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
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