Words that rhyme with belloc

• airlock 0
  n 1: a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure [syn: airlock, air lock]
• charlock 0
  n 1: weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis]
• deadlock 0
  n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill]
• fetlock 0
  n 1: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern [syn: fetlock, fetlock joint] 2: projection behind and above a horse's hoof
• firelock 0
  n 1: a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: flintlock, firelock]
• flintlock 0
  n 1: a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: flintlock, firelock] 2: an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
• forelock 0
  n 1: a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead 2: a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears [syn: forelock, foretop]
• gridlock 0
  n 1: a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
• gunlock 0
  n 1: the action that ignites the charge in a firearm [syn: gunlock, firing mechanism]
• hammerlock 0
  n 1: a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back
• headlock 0
  n 1: a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
• hemlock 0
  n 1: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" 2: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous [syn: hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter fern, Conium maculatum] 3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock 4: an evergreen tree [syn: hemlock, hemlock tree]
• interlock 0
  n 1: a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting; "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock" [syn: interlock, ignition interlock] 2: the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" [syn: mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking] v 1: coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively [syn: interlock, mesh] 2: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" [syn: lock, interlock, interlace] 3: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" [syn: interlock, lock]
• matchlock 0
  n 1: an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
• oarlock 0
  n 1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
• padlock 0
  n 1: a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut v 1: fasten with a padlock
• roadblock 0
  n 1: any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [syn: barrier, roadblock] 2: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. [syn: roadblock, barricade]
• rowlock 0
  n 1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
• unblock 0
  v 1: clear or remove an obstruction from; "the procedure unblocked his arteries" 2: play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding 3: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]
• unlock 0
  v 1: open the lock of; "unlock the door" [ant: lock] 2: set free or release 3: become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" [ant: lock]
• warlock 0
  n 1: a male witch or demon
• wedlock 0
  n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock]
• havelock 0
  n 1: a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun
• sherlock 0
  n 1: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]
• shylock 0
  n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock] 2: a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
• moloch 0
  n 1: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas 2: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children [syn: Moloch, Molech] 3: any lizard of the genus Moloch
• sunblock 0
  n 1: a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn [syn: sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker]
• elflock 0
• lovelock 0
• o'clock 0
• picklock 0
• daglock 0
• matlock 0
• whitlock 0
• fetterlock 0
• woodblock 0
• kinloch 0
• belak 0
• uzelac 0
• zip-lock 0

See also belloc definition