agate | (noun) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
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aggregate | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
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(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
(noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
billingsgate | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: scurrility |
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conjugate | (noun) a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A | Synonyms: conjugate solution |
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delegate | (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | - |
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floodgate | (noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
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(noun) something that restrains a flood or outpouring | - |
frigate | (noun) a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser | - |
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(noun) a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries | - |
gate | (noun) a movable barrier in a fence or wall | - |
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(noun) a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs | Synonyms: logic gate |
(noun) passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark | - |
(noun) total admission receipts at a sports event | - |
legate | (noun) a member of a legation | Synonyms: official emissary |
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lichgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lychgate |
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liftgate | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback, hatchback door |
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lychgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lichgate |
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margate | (noun) a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil | Synonyms: Haemulon album |
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profligate | (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, rake, rakehell, rip, roue |
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(noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer | Synonyms: prodigal, squanderer |
segregate | (noun) someone who is or has been segregated | - |
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sluicegate | (noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, water gate |
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surrogate | (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others | Synonyms: deputy |
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(noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: alternate, replacement |
tailgate | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailboard |
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tollgate | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollbar |
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