oral stimulation of the genitals | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge |
a single domestic animal | a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') |
a projection out from one end | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire |
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
the striking part of a tool | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine |
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head | an advantage held by a competitor in a race |
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | a news story of major importance |
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint | the introductory section of a story |
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves | an indication of potential opportunity |
that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base |
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | an actor who plays a principal role |
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning |
the subject matter at issue | the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) |
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil |
forward movement | a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey |
a difficult juncture | |
the front of a military formation or procession | |
the top of something | |
the source of water from which a stream arises | |
the part in the front or nearest the viewer | |
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container | |
a rounded compact mass | |
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | |
a person who is in charge | |
the educator who has executive authority for a school | |
a user of (usually soft) drugs | |
an individual person | |
the pressure exerted by a fluid | |
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | |
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head | |
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | |