two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | extortion of money (as by blackmail) |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | a very thorough search of a person or a place |
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
insincere talk about religion or morals | |
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | |