abvolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt | - |
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bolt | (noun) a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | - |
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(noun) the act of moving with great haste | Synonyms: dash |
(noun) a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | - |
(noun) the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | Synonyms: deadbolt |
(noun) a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | - |
(noun) a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | - |
(noun) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | Synonyms: bolt of lightning, thunderbolt |
bolti | (noun) important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor | Synonyms: Tilapia nilotica |
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colt | (noun) a young male horse under the age of four | - |
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coltan | (noun) a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips | Synonyms: columbite-tantalite |
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colter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: coulter |
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coltsfoot | (noun) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly | Synonyms: Tussilago farfara |
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(noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
deadbolt | (noun) the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | Synonyms: bolt |
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dolt | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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elsholtzia | (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes | - |
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femtovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a picovolt) | - |
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jolt | (noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement | Synonyms: jerk, jerking, saccade |
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(noun) a sudden jarring impact | Synonyms: jar, jounce, shock |
kilovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts | Synonyms: kV |
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kingbolt | (noun) bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | Synonyms: kingpin, swivel pin |
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microvolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt | - |
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millivolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt | Synonyms: mV |
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millivoltmeter | (noun) sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts | - |
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molt | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molting, moult, moulting |
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molter | (noun) an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) | Synonyms: moulter |
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molting | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, moult, moulting |
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nanovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt | - |
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picovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt | - |
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poltergeist | (noun) a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder | - |
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poltroon | (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: craven, recreant |
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poltroonery | (noun) abject pusillanimity | - |
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porkholt | (noun) made of lamb or pork | - |
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revolt | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, rising, uprising |
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schoolteacher | (noun) a teacher in a school below the college level | Synonyms: school teacher |
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schooltime | (noun) the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session | Synonyms: school, school day |
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(noun) the time of life when you are going to school | Synonyms: schooldays |
thunderbolt | (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderclap |
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(noun) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | Synonyms: bolt, bolt of lightning |
volt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it | Synonyms: V |
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voltage | (noun) the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | Synonyms: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop |
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(noun) the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts | Synonyms: electromotive force, emf |
voltmeter | (noun) meter that measures the potential difference between two points | - |
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