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Aceldama
noun · 78% connection
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Balk
verb · 78% connection
To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Ball
verb · 78% connection
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Ballot
noun · 78% connection
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Barb
noun · 78% connection
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands ou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Barricade
noun · 78% connection
a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Blackball
verb · 78% connection
To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Carom
noun · 78% connection
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Catch
verb · 78% connection
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Catchdrain
noun · 78% connection
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Catcher
noun · 78% connection
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Cornfield
noun · 78% connection
A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Detent
noun · 78% connection
That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Dog
noun · 78% connection
A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Entrap
verb · 78% connection
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or inv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
Forestall
verb · 78% connection
To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ball, payer, stands, field, catch.
