the act of stopping something | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it |
a brief stay in the course of a journey | a business establishment for entertainment |
a restraint that checks the motion of something | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer |
an obstruction in a pipe or tube | a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value |
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | a blemish made by dirt |
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes | a small contrasting part of something |
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | an outstanding characteristic |
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance |
the event of something ending | a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising |
a spot where something halts or pauses | a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) |
the state of inactivity following an interruption | a point located with respect to surface features of some region |
| a small piece or quantity of something |
| a slight attack of illness |