airlock | (noun) a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure | Synonyms: air lock |
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anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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(adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: counterclockwise |
ballock | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
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block | (noun) the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | Synonyms: blocking |
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(noun) a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) | - |
(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Synonyms: pulley-block, pulley, pulley block |
(noun) a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine | Synonyms: cylinder block, engine block |
(noun) a platform from which an auctioneer sells | Synonyms: auction block |
(noun) housing in a large building that is divided into separate units | - |
(noun) an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension | Synonyms: mental block |
(noun) a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit | - |
(noun) a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings | Synonyms: city block |
(noun) (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted | - |
(noun) a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides | Synonyms: cube |
(verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
(verb) shape by using a block | - |
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
(verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
(verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
(verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
(verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
(verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
(verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
(verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
(verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
(verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
(verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
(verb) run on a block system | - |
blockade | (noun) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | Synonyms: encirclement |
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(noun) prevents access or progress | - |
(verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
(verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
blockaded | (adjective) preventing entry or exit or a course of action | Synonyms: barred, barricaded |
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blockading | (adjective) blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors | - |
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blockage | (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: closure, occlusion |
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(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
(noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | Synonyms: obstruction |
blockbuster | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: megahit, smash hit |
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(noun) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) | - |
blocked | (adjective) closed to traffic | - |
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(adjective) completely obstructed or closed off | Synonyms: plugged |
blocker | (noun) a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process | Synonyms: blocking agent |
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(noun) a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play | - |
blockhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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blockheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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blockhouse | (noun) a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
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blocking | (noun) the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | Synonyms: block |
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blockish | (adjective) resembling a block in shape | Synonyms: blocky |
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blocky | (adjective) resembling a block in shape | Synonyms: blockish |
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bollock | (noun) a pulley-block at the head of a topmast | Synonyms: bullock block |
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(noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis |
bollocks | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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breechblock | (noun) a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing | Synonyms: breech closer |
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bullock | (noun) castrated bull | Synonyms: steer |
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(noun) young bull | - |
bullocky | (adjective) resembling a bullock in strength and power | - |
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cellblock | (noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: ward |
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chadlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, charlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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charlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, chadlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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chockablock | (adjective) packed full to capacity | Synonyms: chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full |
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clock | (noun) a timepiece that shows the time of day | - |
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(verb) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | Synonyms: time |
clocking | (noun) the time taken to traverse a measured course | - |
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clockmaker | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clocksmith |
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clocks | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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clocksmith | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clockmaker |
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clockwise | (adjective) in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock | - |
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(adverb) in the direction that the hands of a clock move | - |
clockwork | (noun) any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
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contraclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
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counterclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise |
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(adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: anticlockwise |
deadlock | (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill |
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deadlocked | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: stalemated |
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doorlock | (noun) a lock on an exterior door | - |
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dreadlock | (noun) one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians | - |
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fetlock | (noun) projection behind and above a horse's hoof | - |
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(noun) the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern | Synonyms: fetlock joint |
firelock | (noun) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | Synonyms: flintlock |
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flintlock | (noun) an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge | - |
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(noun) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | Synonyms: firelock |
flock | (noun) a group of birds | - |
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(noun) a group of sheep or goats | Synonyms: fold |
(noun) a church congregation guided by a pastor | - |
(noun) an orderly crowd | Synonyms: troop |
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
(verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, cluster, constellate |
(verb) move as a crowd or in a group | - |
footlocker | (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: locker |
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forelock | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: foretop |
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(noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | - |
glockenspiel | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers | Synonyms: orchestral bells |
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goldilocks | (noun) early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod | Synonyms: Aster linosyris, goldilocks aster, Linosyris vulgaris |
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gridlock | (noun) a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible | - |
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gunlock | (noun) the action that ignites the charge in a firearm | Synonyms: firing mechanism |
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hammerlock | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back | - |
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handlock | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handcuff, manacle |
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havelock | (noun) a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun | - |
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headlock | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body | - |
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hemlock | (noun) an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga | Synonyms: hemlock tree |
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(noun) soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | - |
(noun) large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous | Synonyms: California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern |
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium | - |
hillock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hummock, knoll, mound |
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interlock | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing |
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(noun) a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting | Synonyms: ignition interlock |
(verb) coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively | Synonyms: mesh |
(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: lock |
(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, lock |
interlocking | (adjective) linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing | Synonyms: interlacing, interlinking, interwoven |
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(noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, mesh, meshing |
(noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, mesh, meshing |
landlocked | (adjective) surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land | - |
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lock | (noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | - |
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(noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed | - |
(noun) a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | Synonyms: ignition lock |
(noun) enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it | Synonyms: lock chamber |
(noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | - |
(noun) a strand or cluster of hair | - |
(verb) become rigid or immoveable | - |
(verb) fasten with a lock | - |
(verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate |
(verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up |
(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: interlock |
(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, interlock |
(verb) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | - |
(verb) hold fast (in a certain state) | - |
(verb) pass by means through a lock in a waterway | - |
lockage | (noun) passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
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(noun) a system of locks in a canal or waterway | - |
(noun) a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
lockbox | (noun) a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables | Synonyms: deposit box, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box |
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lockdown | (noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
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locker | (noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: cabinet, storage locker |
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(noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: footlocker |
(noun) a fastener that locks or closes | - |
locket | (noun) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace | - |
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locking | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: lockup |
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lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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lockkeeper | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockman, lockmaster |
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lockman | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockmaster |
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lockmaster | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockman |
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locknut | (noun) supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening | Synonyms: safety nut |
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lockout | (noun) a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms | - |
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lockring | (noun) washer that prevents a nut from loosening | Synonyms: lock ring, lock washer |
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locksmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs locks | - |
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lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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(noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
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lockup | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: locking |
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(noun) jail in a local police station | - |
matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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oarlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
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overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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padlock | (noun) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | - |
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(verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
pillock | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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pollock | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollack |
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(noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollack |
roadblock | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: barricade |
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(noun) any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | Synonyms: barrier |
rowlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, thole, tholepin |
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schlock | (noun) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | Synonyms: dreck, shlock |
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schlockmeister | (noun) (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise | Synonyms: shlockmeister |
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sherlock | (noun) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations | Synonyms: operative, PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus |
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shlock | (noun) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | Synonyms: dreck, schlock |
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shlockmeister | (noun) (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise | Synonyms: schlockmeister |
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shylock | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, usurer |
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sunblock | (noun) a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | Synonyms: sun blocker, sunscreen |
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unblock | (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, release, unfreeze |
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(verb) play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding | - |
(verb) clear or remove an obstruction from | - |
unlock | (verb) become unlocked | - |
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(verb) open the lock of | - |
(verb) set free or release | - |
unlocked | (adjective) not firmly fastened or secured | Synonyms: unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unsecured |
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warlock | (noun) a male witch or demon | - |
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wedlock | (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union |
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