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Bilbo
noun · 78% connection
A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Bit
verb · 78% connection
The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Bolt
noun · 78% connection
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Cotton
noun · 78% connection
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Deadlatch
noun · 78% connection
A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Deadlock
noun · 78% connection
A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Fasten
adjective · 78% connection
To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Fastening
p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection
of Fasten
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Forelock
noun · 78% connection
The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Gate
noun · 78% connection
A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable struct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Hasp
noun · 78% connection
A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Jointed
imp. & p. p. · 78% connection
of Joint
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Keeper
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Key
noun · 78% connection
An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Ladder
verb · 78% connection
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Martingal
noun · 78% connection
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Nut
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Open
adjective · 78% connection
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
