the act of preventing | respectful deference |
a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings |
an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played |
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | a room in which a law court sits |
a counter where you can obtain food or drink | a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman |
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
a heating element in an electric fire | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state |
a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince |
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 | |