(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chedlock
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
dhekelia
dishlike
dishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
headlike
headlike
adj
Having the form of a head or a skull.
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
heraklid
herdlike
herdlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hookland
hrdlicka
kathodal
kathodal
adj
Dated form of cathodal.
khaldian
khedival
khedival
adj
Alternative form of khedivial
kikldhes
kjeldahl
likehood
likehood
noun
(obsolete) likelihood
lockheed
lunkhead
lunkhead
noun
(derogatory, informal) A fool or idiot.
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)
shackled
shackled
adj
Restrained by shackles, chained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shackle
shedlike
shedlike
adj
Resembling a shed.
shelduck
shelduck
noun
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.