Related Words:
- barbican
collapse - a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) related words >
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- antenna tower,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- breastwork,
- bulwark,
- campanile,
- casemate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- colossus,
- column,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- cupola,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- derrick,
- dike,
- dome,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fire tower,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- glacis,
- lantern,
- lighthouse,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- merlon,
- minaret,
- monument,
- mound,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- outwork,
- pagoda,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- pole,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- shaft,
- skyscraper,
- spire,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stockade,
- stupa,
- television mast,
- tenaille,
- tope,
- tour,
- tower,
- turret,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- water tower,
- windmill tower,
- work
- advertise,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- assign,
- bed,
- bestrew,
- blazon,
- broadcast,
- carry over,
- circulate,
- circumfuse,
- communicate,
- consign,
- convey,
- deal out,
- deliver,
- deport,
- dibble,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispread,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- drill,
- expel,
- export,
- extradite,
- fan out,
- forest,
- get across,
- get over,
- give,
- give word,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- impart,
- implant,
- import,
- inseminate,
- issue,
- leave word,
- make known,
- make over,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- pass,
- pass along,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- perfuse,
- plant,
- pot,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- propagate,
- publish,
- put in,
- radiate,
- reforest,
- relay,
- render,
- report,
- reset,
- retail,
- retimber,
- scatter,
- scatter seed,
- seed,
- seed down,
- seminate,
- send,
- send word,
- set,
- share,
- share with,
- signal,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- spread,
- spread out,
- straw,
- strew,
- switch,
- tell,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- turn over,
- utter
- conspicuous
collapse
- obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" related words >
- appalling,
- apparent,
- arrant,
- arresting,
- astonishing,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- blatant,
- bold,
- celebrated,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear-cut,
- consequential,
- crystal-clear,
- defined,
- definite,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- egregious,
- eminent,
- esteemed,
- estimable,
- evident,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fantastic,
- flagrant,
- flashy,
- formidable,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glaring,
- glorious,
- hanging out,
- illustrious,
- important,
- impressive,
- in focus,
- in relief,
- in the foreground,
- in the limelight,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- incredible,
- loud,
- lurid,
- manifest,
- marked,
- marvelous,
- memorable,
- noble,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- noticeable,
- notorious,
- obtrusive,
- obvious,
- of mark,
- open-and-shut,
- openhanded,
- ostensible,
- ostentatious,
- outstanding,
- palpable,
- patent,
- perceptible,
- plain,
- pointed,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- pronounced,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- rememberable,
- reputable,
- salient,
- showy,
- signal,
- significant,
- special,
- staring,
- stark-staring,
- sticking out,
- striking,
- superior,
- tawdry,
- telling,
- to the front,
- uncommon,
- unforgettable,
- unmistakable,
- unquestionable,
- unusual,
- vivid,
- vulgar,
- well-defined,
- well-marked,
- well-pronounced,
- well-resolved,
- wonderful
- omen
collapse
- a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" related words >
- actuarial prediction,
- adumbrate,
- adumbration,
- apocalypse,
- augur,
- augury,
- auspicate,
- auspice,
- betoken,
- betokening,
- betokenment,
- bode,
- boding,
- danger sign,
- early symptom,
- falling barometer,
- forebode,
- foreboding,
- forecast,
- forecasting,
- foreshadow,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshow,
- foreshowing,
- foresight,
- foretelling,
- foretoken,
- foretokening,
- forewarning,
- gathering clouds,
- guesswork,
- harbinger,
- have a hunch,
- have an intimation,
- high sign,
- improbability,
- indicant,
- indication,
- portend,
- portent,
- precursor,
- predict,
- prediction,
- prefiguration,
- prefigurement,
- prefiguring,
- preindication,
- preliminary sign,
- premonition,
- premonitory shiver,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- presage,
- presaging,
- presentiment,
- preshowing,
- presignifying,
- probability,
- prodroma,
- prodrome,
- prognosis,
- prognostic,
- prognostication,
- promise,
- prophecy,
- prophesying,
- prospectus,
- quarantine flag,
- red flag,
- red light,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- sign,
- skull and crossbones,
- soothsay,
- speculation,
- statistical prediction,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- symptom,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- token,
- tokening,
- type,
- vaticination,
- warning sign,
- warning signal,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack
- summons
collapse
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- an order to appear in person at a given place and time related words >
- Angelus,
- Angelus bell,
- alarm,
- alarum,
- battle cry,
- beck,
- beck and call,
- bid,
- bid come,
- biddance,
- bidding,
- birdcall,
- bugle call,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- call-up,
- calling,
- calling forth,
- certiorari,
- citation,
- cite,
- compulsory military service,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conscription,
- convene,
- convocation,
- convoke,
- demand,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- engraved invitation,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- evocation,
- evoke,
- garnishment,
- habeas corpus,
- impressment,
- indent,
- induction,
- invitation,
- invite,
- invocation,
- invoke,
- last post,
- levy,
- mobilization,
- monition,
- moose call,
- muster,
- muster up,
- nod,
- order up,
- page,
- preconization,
- preconize,
- press,
- rallying cry,
- rebel yell,
- recall,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- requisition,
- reveille,
- selective service,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- taps,
- trumpet call,
- venire,
- venire de novo,
- venire facias,
- war cry,
- warrant,
- whistle,
- writ,
- writ of summons
- colors
collapse
- a flag that shows its nationality
- a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors" related words >
- Communist threat,
- Dannebrog,
- Jolly Roger,
- Old Glory,
- Star-Spangled Banner,
- Stars and Stripes,
- Union Flag,
- Union Jack,
- Western imperialism,
- adornment,
- and blue,
- atrocity story,
- banderole,
- banner,
- banneret,
- battle hymn,
- beauties,
- black flag,
- bloody shirt,
- blue ensign,
- bunting,
- burgee,
- coachwhip,
- colors of rhetoric,
- crostarie,
- elegant variation,
- embellishment,
- embroidery,
- ensign,
- expansionism,
- face,
- fiery cross,
- figure,
- figure of speech,
- fine writing,
- flag,
- floridity,
- floridness,
- flourish,
- floweriness,
- flowers of speech,
- frill,
- gonfalon,
- gonfanon,
- guidon,
- house flag,
- imperialist threat,
- independence,
- jack,
- long pennant,
- lushness,
- luxuriance,
- manifest destiny,
- martial music,
- merchant flag,
- national anthem,
- national flag,
- oriflamme,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- pennant,
- pennon,
- pennoncel,
- purple patches,
- red,
- red ensign,
- royal standard,
- self-determination,
- signal flag,
- standard,
- streamer,
- swallowtail,
- tricolor,
- vexillum,
- war song,
- white,
- yellow peril
- deadlock
collapse
- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" related words >
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
- arrest,
- bell,
- blind alley,
- block,
- box,
- brake,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- cessation,
- check,
- checkmate,
- condition,
- corner,
- cul-de-sac,
- cut short,
- cutoff,
- dam,
- dead end,
- dead heat,
- dead set,
- dead stand,
- dead stop,
- dead-end street,
- dilemma,
- draw,
- draw rein,
- dying down,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- even break,
- extremity,
- fair shake,
- final whistle,
- freeze,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- hole,
- impasse,
- knotted score,
- lock,
- lockout,
- neck-and-neck race,
- photo finish,
- plight,
- posture,
- predicament,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- quandary,
- sit-down strike,
- situation,
- slow down,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stand,
- stand-off,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- state,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stillstand,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- stymie,
- subsidence,
- the same,
- tie,
- walkout,
- wane,
- waning,
- work stoppage
- whine
collapse
- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us" related words >
- bark,
- bawl,
- bay,
- bell,
- bellow,
- blare,
- blat,
- blate,
- bleat,
- blubber,
- boom,
- bray,
- breathe,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- call,
- caterwaul,
- chant,
- chirp,
- coo,
- creak,
- crow,
- cry,
- dolorous tirade,
- drawl,
- exclaim,
- flute,
- fuss,
- gasp,
- give tongue,
- give voice,
- groan,
- growl,
- grunt,
- hiss,
- howl,
- jeremiad,
- keen,
- kick,
- lament,
- lilt,
- low,
- meow,
- mew,
- mewl,
- miaow,
- moan,
- moo,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- neigh,
- nicker,
- outcry,
- pant,
- pipe,
- plaint,
- planctus,
- pule,
- repine,
- roar,
- rumble,
- screak,
- scream,
- screech,
- shriek,
- shrill,
- sibilate,
- sigh,
- sing,
- skirl,
- skreigh,
- snap,
- snarl,
- snort,
- sob,
- sough,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- thunder,
- tirade,
- troat,
- trumpet,
- twang,
- ululate,
- ululation,
- wail,
- wail of woe,
- warble,
- whicker,
- whimper,
- whinny,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- wrawl,
- yammer,
- yap,
- yawl,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl
- angry clouds,
- black cat,
- black clouds,
- blackening,
- blocking the light,
- breakers ahead,
- broken mirror,
- cardhouse,
- cause for alarm,
- clouding,
- crisis,
- danger,
- danger sign,
- dangerous ground,
- darkening,
- dimming,
- early symptom,
- eclipsing,
- emergency,
- endangerment,
- extinguishment,
- falling barometer,
- gaping chasm,
- halcyon bird,
- hazard,
- high sign,
- house of cards,
- imperilment,
- jeopardy,
- menace,
- obfuscation,
- obnubilation,
- obscuration,
- obscurement,
- obumbration,
- occulting,
- omen,
- overcast,
- overclouding,
- overshading,
- overshadowing,
- overshadowment,
- owl,
- pass,
- peril,
- pinch,
- plight,
- precursor,
- predicament,
- preliminary sign,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- prodroma,
- prodrome,
- quarantine flag,
- quicksand,
- rainbow,
- raven,
- red flag,
- red light,
- risk,
- rocks ahead,
- shading,
- shadowing,
- shooting star,
- skull and crossbones,
- storm clouds,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- strait,
- symptom,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- warning sign,
- warning signal,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack
- checkmate
collapse
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- complete victory
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" related words >
- arrest,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- balking,
- bell,
- blast,
- block,
- brake,
- brave,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- challenge,
- check,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confounding,
- confront,
- confusion,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- cut short,
- cutoff,
- dam,
- dash,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- draw rein,
- elude,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- final whistle,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foiling,
- freeze,
- frustrate,
- frustration,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- knock the chocks,
- lockout,
- nonplus,
- perplex,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- rout,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- setback,
- sit-down strike,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stand,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- stump,
- thwart,
- thwarting,
- upset,
- walkout,
- work stoppage
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