brownout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, dimout |
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knout | (noun) a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners | - |
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snout | (noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | Synonyms: neb |
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(noun) beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils | Synonyms: rostrum |
(noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot |
turnout | (noun) attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election) | - |
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(noun) (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip | - |
(noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: output, outturn |
(noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: widening |
(noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, outfit, rig |
(noun) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, siding |
(noun) the group that gathers together for a particular occasion | - |