stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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stopcock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, turncock |
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stumpknocker | (noun) inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish | Synonyms: Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish |
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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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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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(verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer | Synonyms: beat, tick, ticktack |
tocktact | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: ticktock, tictac |
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turncock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, stopcock |
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(noun) one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off | - |
tussock | (noun) a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | Synonyms: tuft |
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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 | - |
understock | (verb) stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity | - |
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undock | (verb) take (a ship) out of a dock | - |
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(verb) move out of a dock | - |
unfrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: defrock |
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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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unshockable | (adjective) incapable of being shocked | Synonyms: broad-minded |
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warlock | (noun) a male witch or demon | - |
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weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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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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windsock | (noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock |
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woodcock | (noun) game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | - |
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