the act of preventing | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon | the act of moving with great haste |
an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
a counter where you can obtain food or drink | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
a heating element in an electric fire | |
a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | |
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | |
the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction | |
a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore | |
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter | |