alpenstock | (noun) a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers | - |
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bitstock | (noun) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring | Synonyms: brace |
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bloodstock | (noun) thoroughbred horses (collectively) | - |
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bluestocking | (noun) a woman having literary or intellectual interests | Synonyms: bas bleu |
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buttock | (noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: cheek |
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buttocks | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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diestock | (noun) a device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders | - |
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feedstock | (noun) the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
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gunstock | (noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | Synonyms: stock |
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headstock | (noun) the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe) | - |
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laughingstock | (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, goat, stooge |
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linstock | (noun) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
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livestock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, stock |
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mattock | (noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle | - |
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penstock | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway |
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(noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
rootstock | (noun) root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots | - |
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(noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstalk |
rudderstock | (noun) a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot | Synonyms: rudderpost |
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stock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, livestock |
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(noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand | Synonyms: inventory |
(noun) the handle end of some implements or tools | - |
(noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | Synonyms: gunstock |
(noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: neckcloth |
(noun) lumber used in the construction of something | - |
(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: broth |
(noun) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | Synonyms: breed, strain |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma |
(noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | Synonyms: caudex |
(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | Synonyms: gillyflower |
(noun) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia | Synonyms: Malcolm stock |
(noun) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants | - |
(noun) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) | - |
(noun) a supply of something available for future use | Synonyms: fund, store |
(noun) a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation | Synonyms: stock certificate |
(noun) the reputation and popularity a person has | - |
stockade | (noun) a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) | Synonyms: concentration camp |
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(noun) fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense | - |
stockbroker | (noun) an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds | - |
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stockcar | (noun) boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock | - |
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stocker | (noun) a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment | - |
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stockfish | (noun) fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt | - |
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stockholder | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareholder, shareowner |
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stockholding | (noun) ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock | - |
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(noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholdings |
stockholdings | (noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholding |
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stockhorn | (noun) an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone | Synonyms: hornpipe, pibgorn |
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stockiness | (noun) The quality of being compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build. | - |
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stockinet | (noun) knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments | Synonyms: stockinette |
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stockinette | (noun) knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments | Synonyms: stockinet |
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stocking | (noun) the activity of supplying a stock of something | - |
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(noun) close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) | - |
stockist | (noun) one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods | - |
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stockjobber | (noun) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers | - |
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stockman | (noun) farmer who breed or raises livestock | Synonyms: stock farmer, stock raiser |
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stockpile | (noun) a storage pile accumulated for future use | - |
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(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, reserve |
stockpiling | (noun) accumulating and storing a reserve supply | - |
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stockpot | (noun) a pot used for preparing soup stock | - |
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stockroom | (noun) storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business | Synonyms: stock room |
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stocks | (noun) a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked | - |
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(noun) a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod | - |
(noun) a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction | - |
stocktake | (noun) an instance of stocktaking | Synonyms: stock-take |
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stocktaker | (noun) an employee whose job is to take inventory | Synonyms: stock-taker |
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stocktaking | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, inventorying, stock-taking |
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(noun) reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook | Synonyms: stock-taking |
stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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tailstock | (noun) support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece | - |
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ticktock | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: tictac, tocktact |
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tocktact | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: ticktock, tictac |
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