alpenstock | (noun) a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers | - |
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bitstock | (noun) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring | Synonyms: brace |
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bloodstock | (noun) thoroughbred horses (collectively) | - |
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buttock | (noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: cheek |
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diestock | (noun) a device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders | - |
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feedstock | (noun) the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
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gunstock | (noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | Synonyms: stock |
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headstock | (noun) the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe) | - |
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laughingstock | (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, goat, stooge |
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linstock | (noun) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
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livestock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, stock |
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mattock | (noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle | - |
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overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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penstock | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway |
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(noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
restock | (verb) stock again | - |
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rootstock | (noun) root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots | - |
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(noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstalk |
rudderstock | (noun) a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot | Synonyms: rudderpost |
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stock | (adjective) regularly and widely used or sold | Synonyms: standard |
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(adjective) routine | - |
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
(noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, livestock |
(noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand | Synonyms: inventory |
(noun) the handle end of some implements or tools | - |
(noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | Synonyms: gunstock |
(noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: neckcloth |
(noun) lumber used in the construction of something | - |
(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: broth |
(noun) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | Synonyms: breed, strain |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma |
(noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | Synonyms: caudex |
(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | Synonyms: gillyflower |
(noun) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia | Synonyms: Malcolm stock |
(noun) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants | - |
(noun) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) | - |
(noun) a supply of something available for future use | Synonyms: fund, store |
(noun) a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation | Synonyms: stock certificate |
(noun) the reputation and popularity a person has | - |
(verb) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots | Synonyms: sprout |
(verb) have on hand | Synonyms: carry, stockpile |
(verb) amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use | Synonyms: buy in, stock up |
(verb) provide or furnish with a stock of something | - |
(verb) supply with livestock | - |
(verb) supply with fish | - |
(verb) equip with a stock | - |
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 |
understock | (verb) stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity | - |
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