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noun
- The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A diplomat.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The moist form of snuff tobacco.
- A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- Fried bread.
- A foolish person.
- A dip stick.
- A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- A sauce for dipping.
- The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
verb
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- To lower into a liquid.
- To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- To immerse for baptism.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
- To leave.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- To lower a light's beam.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
noun
- A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
- An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
- A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
- An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- A raised causeway.
- Any small body of water.
- Any fence or hedge.
- Any navigable watercourse.
- A beaver's dam.
- Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
- A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
- A non-heterosexual woman.
- Any watercourse.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
- A jetty; a pier.
- A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
verb
noun
- A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
- The highest point.
- Coordinate term: sea stack
- An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
verb
noun
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
verb
noun
- A rocky outcrop.
- Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- The foliate part of a finial.
- The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
- An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- An entire oxhide.
- A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation; a craw.
- A short haircut.
- The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- The act of cropping.
verb
- To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- To cause to bear a crop.
- To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- To yield harvest.
- To mow, reap or gather.
- To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
noun
- A tectonic plate.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- Plate armor.
- An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
- Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- A vehicle license plate.
- The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- A record, usually vinyl.
- A course at a meal.
- A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- Home plate.
- The contents of such a dish.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A foot, from "plates of meat".
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- An image or copy.
- Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- trauma plate.
- An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A material covered with such a layer.
- The anode of a vacuum tube.
- A roundel of silver or argent.
- Such dishes collectively.
- A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
verb
- To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- To arm or defend with metal plates.
- To beat into thin plates.
- To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
- to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- (particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- To score a run.
noun
- The geological event which produces such a barrier (volcano, earthquake, etc)
- The act of experiencing an event by proxy through an empathic link with the person who is experiencing the event firsthand.
- The separation of a group of organisms by a geographic barrier, resulting in differentiation of the original group into new varieties or species.
noun
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adv
verb
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
adj
noun
noun
- A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- The ground at the top of a shaft.
- A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- Money; profit.
- An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- An incline, a hill.
- The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- A branch office of such an institution.
- A device used to store coins or currency.
- An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
- A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
- The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
verb
- To put into a bank.
- To arrange or order in a row.
- To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
noun
- An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- A layer of veneer.
- A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
- A sail.
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
verb
noun
- a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
- the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
- an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something
verb
- let fall to the ground
- to fall vertically
- go down in value
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- terminate an association with
- utter with seeming casualness
- stop pursuing or acting
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- lose (a game)
- pay out
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- hang loosely
- stop associating with
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- leave undone or leave out
- change from one level to another
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- give birth; used for animals
noun
- an elevated geological formation
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- one of two or more contesting groups
- either the left or right half of a body
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an extended outer surface of an object
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- a family line of descent
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
verb
adj
noun
verb
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
- lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
- be at an angle
- feel favorably disposed or willing
- make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
noun
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
- responsibility for a bad situation or event
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
verb
noun
noun
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a qualitative change
- the time period during which you are at work
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- the act of moving from one place to another
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
verb
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change place or direction
- move around
- move very slightly
- move from one setting or context to another
- change in quality
- move and exchange for another
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- move abruptly
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- change gears
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
noun
adj
noun
- A rock shaft.
- A rocking chair.
- A rock music song.
- A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
- A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
- The breve below as in ḫ.
- A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
- Someone passionate about rock music.
- One who rocks something.
- A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
- A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.
- A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
- The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
- A musician who plays rock music.
- Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
- A rocking horse.
- A rocker board.
noun
- A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
- Either of the two parts of a double cone.
- The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
- Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
- The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
verb
noun
- (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another
- (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
- (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide
- the placement of one thing on top of another
noun
English words for 'a geological fault in which one side is above the other'
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