sharp end | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things |
a wall socket | a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment |
the gun muzzle's direction | axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns |
a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing |
the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip | a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target |
an outstanding characteristic | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green |
a distinguishing or individuating characteristic | cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown |
a geometric element that has position but no extension | informal terms for the leg |
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. |
the object of an activity | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat |
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | |
a brief version of the essential meaning of something | |
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | |
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list | |
the dot at the left of a decimal fraction | |
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location | |
a promontory extending out into a large body of water | |
one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan | |
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch | |
the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest | |
any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass | |
a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | |
a V shape | |
a very small circular shape | |
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | |
an instant of time | |