| ballpoint | (noun) a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper | Synonyms: ballpen, ballpoint pen, Biro |
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| bluepoint | (noun) small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island | Synonyms: blue point |
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| (noun) oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw | Synonyms: blue point |
| checkpoint | (noun) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | - |
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| chokepoint | (noun) a point of congestion or blockage | - |
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| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, constriction |
| counterpoint | (noun) a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies | - |
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| embonpoint | (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: plumpness, roundness |
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| endpoint | (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, termination, terminus |
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| flashpoint | (noun) the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air | Synonyms: flash point |
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| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot |
| (noun) point at which something is ready to blow up | Synonyms: flash point |
| gunpoint | (noun) the gun muzzle's direction | Synonyms: point |
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| joint | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick |
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| (noun) junction by which parts or objects are joined together | - |
| (noun) a disreputable place of entertainment | - |
| (noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | Synonyms: articulatio, articulation |
| (noun) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion | Synonyms: roast |
| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, junction, juncture |
| midpoint | (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, centre |
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| needlepoint | (noun) embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry | Synonyms: needlepoint embroidery |
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| (noun) lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | Synonyms: point lace |
| pinpoint | (noun) the sharp point of a pin | - |
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| (noun) a very small spot | Synonyms: speck |
| (noun) a very brief moment | - |
| point | (noun) sharp end | - |
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| (noun) a wall socket | Synonyms: power point |
| (noun) the gun muzzle's direction | Synonyms: gunpoint |
| (noun) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs | Synonyms: breaker point, distributor point |
| (noun) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip | Synonyms: pointedness |
| (noun) an outstanding characteristic | Synonyms: spot |
| (noun) a distinguishing or individuating characteristic | - |
| (noun) a geometric element that has position but no extension | - |
| (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| (noun) the object of an activity | - |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, stop |
| (noun) a brief version of the essential meaning of something | - |
| (noun) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | Synonyms: head |
| (noun) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list | Synonyms: item |
| (noun) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction | Synonyms: decimal point, percentage point |
| (noun) the precise location of something; a spatially limited location | - |
| (noun) a promontory extending out into a large body of water | - |
| (noun) one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan | - |
| (noun) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch | - |
| (noun) the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest | - |
| (noun) any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass | Synonyms: compass point |
| (noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | - |
| (noun) a V shape | Synonyms: peak, tip |
| (noun) a very small circular shape | Synonyms: dot |
| (noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, level, stage |
| (noun) an instant of time | Synonyms: point in time |
| silverpoint | (noun) a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries) | - |
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| spearpoint | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearhead |
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| standpoint | (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, stand, viewpoint |
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| subpoint | (noun) A point (proposition in a debate etc.) that forms part of a larger point. | - |
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| viewpoint | (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, stand, standpoint |
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| (noun) a place from which something can be viewed | Synonyms: vantage point |
| wellpoint | (noun) a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area | Synonyms: well point |
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