a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | threat of a penalty |
a connection that fastens things together | an implement consisting of a length of wood |
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood |
an electrical force linking atoms | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball |
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest | informal terms for the leg |
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine |
| a small thin branch of a tree |