Related Words:
- constipation
collapse - irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis related words >
- abscess,
- ague,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- backache,
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bottleneck,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- cardialgia,
- cecum,
- chill,
- chills,
- choking,
- choking off,
- cholera morbus,
- clog,
- colic,
- congestion,
- convulsion,
- costiveness,
- coughing,
- cul-de-sac,
- cyanosis,
- dead end,
- diarrhea,
- dizziness,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- edema,
- emaciation,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- fever,
- fibrillation,
- flux,
- gorge,
- gripe,
- gripes,
- growth,
- heartburn,
- hemorrhage,
- high blood pressure,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- icterus,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- indigestion,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- inflammation,
- insomnia,
- irregularity,
- itching,
- jam,
- jaundice,
- labored breathing,
- lientery,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- marasmus,
- nasal discharge,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- pain,
- paralysis,
- pruritus,
- pyrosis,
- rash,
- rheum,
- sclerosis,
- sealing off,
- seizure,
- shock,
- skin eruption,
- sneezing,
- sore,
- spasm,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulation,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- trots,
- tumor,
- upset stomach,
- vertigo,
- vomiting,
- wasting
- breakwater
collapse
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away related words >
- abutment,
- anchorage,
- anchorage ground,
- arc-boutant,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- basin,
- beam,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- berth,
- bill,
- boom,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- buttress,
- buttress pier,
- buttressing,
- cape,
- chersonese,
- cofferdam,
- coral reef,
- dam,
- defense,
- delta,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dock,
- dockage,
- dockyard,
- dry dock,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- fence,
- flying buttress,
- foreland,
- gate,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- hanging buttress,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- head,
- headland,
- hook,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- jutty,
- landing,
- landing place,
- landing stage,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- logjam,
- marina,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- moorings,
- mound,
- mull,
- naze,
- ness,
- parapet,
- peninsula,
- pier,
- pier buttress,
- point,
- port,
- portcullis,
- promontory,
- protected anchorage,
- quay,
- rampart,
- reef,
- retaining wall,
- road,
- roadblock,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- rock-fill dam,
- sandspit,
- seaport,
- seawall,
- shipyard,
- shoulder,
- shutter dam,
- slip,
- spit,
- spur,
- stone wall,
- tongue,
- wall,
- weir,
- wharf,
- wicket dam,
- work
- fender
collapse
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in England they call a fender a wing"
- a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track related words >
- aegis,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- brattice,
- buffer,
- buffer state,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- chimney,
- chimney corner,
- cloison,
- collision mat,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- dashboard,
- diaphragm,
- dissepiment,
- dividing line,
- dividing wall,
- division,
- dodger,
- face mask,
- finger guard,
- fire screen,
- fireboard,
- fireguard,
- fireplace,
- fireside,
- flue,
- foot guard,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- hearth,
- hearthstone,
- helmet,
- hob,
- hub,
- ingle,
- inglenook,
- ingleside,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- interseptum,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mat,
- midriff,
- midsection,
- mudguard,
- nose guard,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- panel,
- paries,
- partition,
- party wall,
- patent,
- pilot,
- preventive,
- property line,
- prophylactic,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- seat belt,
- separation,
- septulum,
- septum,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- shock pad,
- smokehole,
- sun helmet,
- umbrella,
- wall,
- windscreen,
- windshield
- bottleneck
collapse
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" related words >
- abbreviation,
- approach,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- asymptote,
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- canal,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cervix,
- channel,
- choking,
- choking off,
- circumscription,
- clog,
- coarctation,
- collision course,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentralization,
- concentration,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- condensation,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congestion,
- congress,
- consolidation,
- constipation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- convergence,
- converging,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- crossing,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtailment,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- decrease,
- defile,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- diminuendo,
- drawback,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- focalization,
- focus,
- funnel,
- gorge,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hitch,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hub,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- isthmus,
- jam,
- joker,
- knitting,
- meeting,
- mutual approach,
- narrow,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrowing gap,
- narrows,
- neck,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- pass,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- radius,
- reduction,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- shortening,
- snag,
- solidification,
- spokes,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strait,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- systole,
- tangent,
- throat,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
- blind alley
collapse
- (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"
- a street with only one way in or out related words >
- Autobahn,
- US highway,
- alley,
- alleyway,
- arterial,
- arterial highway,
- arterial street,
- artery,
- autoroute,
- autostrada,
- avenue,
- bar,
- barrier,
- belt highway,
- blank wall,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bottleneck,
- boulevard,
- box,
- bypass,
- byway,
- camino real,
- carriageway,
- causeway,
- causey,
- cecum,
- chaussee,
- choking,
- choking off,
- circumferential,
- clog,
- close,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- corduroy road,
- corner,
- costiveness,
- county road,
- court,
- crescent,
- cul-de-sac,
- dead end,
- dead-end street,
- deadlock,
- dike,
- dirt road,
- drive,
- driveway,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- expressway,
- extremity,
- freeway,
- gorge,
- gravel road,
- halt,
- highroad,
- highway,
- highways and byways,
- hole,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- interstate highway,
- jam,
- lane,
- local road,
- main drag,
- main road,
- mews,
- motorway,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- parkway,
- pave,
- paved road,
- pike,
- place,
- plank road,
- pocket,
- primary highway,
- private road,
- right-of-way,
- ring road,
- road,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- route nationale,
- row,
- royal road,
- sealing off,
- secondary road,
- speedway,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- standstill,
- state highway,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulation,
- street,
- superhighway,
- terrace,
- thoroughfare,
- through street,
- thruway,
- toll road,
- township road,
- turnpike,
- wynd
- rampart
collapse
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" related words >
- abatis,
- abutment,
- advanced work,
- arc-boutant,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- balistraria,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barrage,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- beam,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- boom,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- buttress,
- buttress pier,
- buttressing,
- casemate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- cofferdam,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- curtain,
- dam,
- defence,
- defense,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- ditch,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- flying buttress,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- gate,
- glacis,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- guard,
- hanging buttress,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- jutty,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- logjam,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- pier,
- pier buttress,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- retaining wall,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- seawall,
- security,
- shoulder,
- shutter dam,
- stockade,
- stone wall,
- stronghold,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work
- strategy
collapse
- the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war related words >
- aerial tactics,
- airborne tactics,
- applied tactics,
- approach,
- armored tactics,
- arrangement,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- attack,
- barrier tactics,
- blind,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- calculation,
- cavalry tactics,
- charting,
- chicanery,
- conception,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- craft,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- defensive strategy,
- design,
- device,
- disposition,
- diversion,
- dodge,
- encirclement,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- feint,
- fetch,
- figuring,
- fire tactics,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- gambit,
- game,
- game plan,
- gimmick,
- graphing,
- grift,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- idea,
- infantry tactics,
- infiltration,
- intention,
- intrigue,
- investment,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- layout,
- lineup,
- little game,
- long-range plan,
- maneuver,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- method,
- methodology,
- mob tactics,
- mobile tactics,
- move,
- operations research,
- organization,
- pincers movement,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- plot,
- ploy,
- policy,
- prearrangement,
- procedure,
- program,
- program of action,
- project,
- racket,
- rationalization,
- red herring,
- ruse,
- scenario,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- setup,
- shift,
- shock tactics,
- sleight,
- stratagem,
- strategic plan,
- subterfuge,
- system,
- systematization,
- tactic,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- the big picture,
- the picture,
- trick,
- trickery,
- way,
- wile,
- wily device,
- working plan
- inhibition
collapse
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- the quality of being inhibited
- (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve" related words >
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- Prohibition Party,
- Volstead Act,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- ban,
- bar,
- barrier,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottling up,
- censorship,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- contraband,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- corking up,
- cramp,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- defence,
- delay,
- denial,
- detainment,
- detention,
- disallowance,
- embargo,
- exclusion,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holding,
- holding in,
- holdup,
- impediment,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- interference,
- interruption,
- keeping,
- law,
- legal restraint,
- let,
- locking in,
- maintenance,
- monopoly,
- negativism,
- no-no,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- preclusion,
- prehension,
- preservation,
- prevention,
- prohibition,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscription,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- psychological block,
- rationing,
- refusal,
- rein,
- rejection,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- restriction,
- restrictive covenants,
- retainment,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retention,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- retrenchment,
- ruling out,
- self-consciousness,
- self-control,
- setback,
- slowing down,
- squeeze,
- statute,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- tariff wall,
- tenacity,
- thought control,
- zoning,
- zoning laws
- stockade
collapse
- fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
- surround with a stockade in order to fortify related words >
- POW camp,
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastille,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- black hole,
- borstal,
- borstal institution,
- breastwork,
- bridewell,
- brig,
- bulwark,
- calaboose,
- can,
- casemate,
- cell,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- concentration camp,
- condemned cell,
- contravallation,
- cooler,
- coop,
- counterscarp,
- curtain,
- death cell,
- death house,
- death row,
- demibastion,
- detention camp,
- dike,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- federal prison,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- forced-labor camp,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- gaol,
- glacis,
- guardhouse,
- guardroom,
- hoosegow,
- house of correction,
- house of detention,
- industrial school,
- internment camp,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- jug,
- keep,
- labor camp,
- lockup,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- maximum-security prison,
- merlon,
- minimum-security prison,
- mound,
- oubliette,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- pen,
- penal colony,
- penal institution,
- penal settlement,
- penitentiary,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- prison,
- prison camp,
- prisonhouse,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- reform school,
- reformatory,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- sponging house,
- state prison,
- tenaille,
- the hole,
- tollbooth,
- training school,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- work
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