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charlock
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n 1: weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn:
field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock,
Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis]
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forelock
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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]
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gridlock
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n 1: a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
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gunlock
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n 1: the action that ignites the charge in a firearm [syn:
gunlock, firing mechanism]
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rowlock
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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]
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unblock
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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]
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unlock
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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]
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warlock
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n 1: a male witch or demon
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wedlock
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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]
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pollack
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n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: Pollack,
Sydney Pollack]
2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
[syn: pollack, pollock]
3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the
northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: pollack,
pollock, Pollachius pollachius]
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havelock
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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
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sherlock
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n 1: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye,
private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]
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shylock
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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
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moloch
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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
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sunblock
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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]
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pollock
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n 1: United States artist famous for painting with a drip
technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America
(1912-1956) [syn: Pollock, Jackson Pollock]
2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
[syn: pollack, pollock]
3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the
northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: pollack,
pollock, Pollachius pollachius]
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belloc
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n 1: English author (born in France) remembered especially for
his verse for children (1870-1953) [syn: Belloc, Hilaire
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc]
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pillock
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n 1: a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
[syn: stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard,
dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish,
pillock]
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o'clock
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mccullough
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akh
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daglock
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matlock
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whitlock
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fetterlock
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woodblock
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kinloch
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harlech
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mullock
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tulloch
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zip-lock
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