adage | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: byword, proverb, saw |
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appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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(noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
bandage | (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: patch |
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bondage | (noun) sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners | - |
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(noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
(noun) the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power | - |
cordage | (noun) the ropes in the rigging of a ship | - |
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(noun) the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords | - |
poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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(noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
(noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
(noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
vagabondage | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, wandering |
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windage | (noun) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | Synonyms: wind deflection |
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(noun) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) | Synonyms: wind exposure |
(noun) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun | - |
(noun) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object | - |
yardage | (noun) distance measured in the aggregate number of yards | - |
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