wavebreak
microbreak
microbreaking
closeout
tube
kymo-
barrel
whitecap
shoulder
wavewise
ankle slapper
greenback
T
wavepulse
left
bow shock
interwave
cutback
right
dumper
close out
surflike
fluctuation
choppy
pipeline
soup
take gas
wavelet
riffle
wavespeed
breakers
breaker
surf
diffraction
pooped
marcel
slab
screamer
shoaling wave
comber
sawtooth
repetency
wave
white horse
break
saw
peeler
rogue wave
supercycle
rote
roller
superwave
undular
surge
billow
wavy
intersonic
lull
undulate
drop-in
deflexion
deflection
refraction
fluctiferous
perm
comb
beach break
high
waveward
wavecut
broach
stationary wave
hull splash
swash
kymatology
standing wave
counterwave
node
gravity wave
Mexican wave
propagation
capillary wave
reef break
rippled
new-wavish
overhang
ruffled
undose
haystack
wavewise
interwave
surflike
choppy
pooped
undular
wavy
intersonic
fluctiferous
high
waveward
wavecut
rippled
new-wavish
ruffled
undose
wavewise
waveward
wavebreak
microbreak
microbreaking
closeout
tube
barrel
whitecap
shoulder
ankle slapper
greenback
T
wavepulse
left
bow shock
cutback
right
dumper
fluctuation
pipeline
soup
wavelet
riffle
wavespeed
breakers
breaker
surf
diffraction
marcel
slab
screamer
shoaling wave
comber
sawtooth
repetency
white horse
break
saw
peeler
rogue wave
supercycle
rote
roller
superwave
surge
billow
lull
drop-in
deflexion
deflection
refraction
beach break
stationary wave
hull splash
swash
kymatology
standing wave
counterwave
node
gravity wave
propagation
capillary wave
reef break
overhang
haystack
close out
take gas
wave
undulate
marcel
perm
comb
break
broach
Mexican wave
noun
- A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- A tin can containing beer.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- An idiot.
verb
prefix
noun
- A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
- The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
- The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
- A waste receptacle.
- A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
- The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
- A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
- A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
- The hollow basal part of a feather.
- A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
- Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
verb
noun
- The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- That which supports or sustains; support.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
verb
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
noun
noun
- A T wave.
- Tuesday.
- Tenor.
- Thursday.
- The sports statistic for ties in a given period under a given criteria.
- A technical foul.
- The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.
- Testosterone. (Compare E, estrogen.)
- Trailer car.
- A T cell.
- A T-beam.
- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.
- A T-shirt.
character
prefix
adj
- Teen.
- American Library Association abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5-15 cm in height).
- Transgender (TG) or transsexual (TS) (sometimes used in contrast to cisgender M or F; compare NB).
- Taxable.
name
noun
- A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
- The left side or direction.
- The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
- A punch delivered with the left fist.
- The left hand or fist.
adv
adj
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
adj
noun
- Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
- An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
- A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
noun
- A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- The right side or direction.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
- The right hand or fist.
adj
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- All right; not requiring assistance.
intj
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
verb
- To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- To set upright.
- To return to normal upright position.
- To correct.
adv
noun
- A wave that knocks a surfer into the water.
- One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
- A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites.
- A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure.
- A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites.
verb
- Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.
- To terminate; to call the end of.
- To terminate a computer program.
- To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.
- To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.
- To seal off.
- Synonym of close (“to make a sale”)
noun
- The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
- A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
- A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
- A system or process through which something is conducted.
verb
- To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.
- To connect a tube from ones mouth to ones anus (or the anus of another), in order to force someone to eat feces.
- To convey something by a system of pipes
- To lay a system of pipes through something
noun
- The foamy portion of a wave.
- Dope (an illicit drug used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).
- The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
- Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.
- An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.
- Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
- A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
- Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
- Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
- A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.
- Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
verb
noun
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
verb
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- A very large wave.
- A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- The slack part of a sail.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
verb
noun
- A very large wave.
- Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.
- A march played at the circus to arouse the crowd.
- A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
- An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.
- An exclamation mark.
- A large, attention-getting headline.
- A healthy, vigorous person.
- A very hard hit.
- Something exceptionally good.
- A powerful shot.
- A difficult catch.
- One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
- A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
noun
verb
- To generate a wave.
- To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- To have an undulating or wavy form.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
- To produce waves to the hair.
- To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
noun
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- The ocean.
- A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
- A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
noun
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
noun
- An ideal wave.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- A police officer.
- A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- potato peeler
- A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
noun
- The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
- A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
- Synonym of crowd.
- Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
adj
verb
noun
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A rolling pin
- A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A roller towel.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A wheelchair user.
verb
noun
- the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
- the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
- the property of being bent or deflected
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
verb
- To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
- To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
noun
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
adj
- With tall waves.
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Most exalted; foremost.
- Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
- Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Luxurious; rich.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Above the batter's shoulders.
- Keen, enthused.
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
adv
noun
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- A drug that gives such a high.
- A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- The highest card dealt or drawn.
- A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
verb
- To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
- 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.
noun
- 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.
- The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
- A spit for cooking food.
- A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
noun
- The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- A streak or patch.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- A swishing noise.
- An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
verb
- To swipe.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- To wade forcefully through liquid.
- To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- To fall violently or noisily.
- To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- To swirl through liquid; to swish.
adj
noun
- A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
- The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
- The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- A leaf node.
- A computer or other device attached to a network.
- A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
noun
- Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
- A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
- The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
- That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
verb
adj
noun
- A standing wave in a rapid.
- A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
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