apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball | |
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue | |
instrument for measuring temperature | |
guide; give individual instruction |
interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly | |
device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes | |
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount | |
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian |
teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning | |
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen | |
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record | |
one skilled particularly in the technical details of work |
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly | |
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling | |
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount | |
be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers |
sensation of dryness in the throat | |
make threefold or triple; play or sing the highest part or most acute sounds | |
guide; give individual instruction | |
person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry |
a more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense or motion | |
capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain | |
device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes | |
push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses |
draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner. | |
large group of people gathered or crowded closely together | |
a thing of very little value or importance | |
sensation of dryness in the throat |
domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften | |
push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses | |
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue | |
charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell |
having no tone; unmusical. | |
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian | |
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly | |
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult |
expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet | |
wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood | |
teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning | |
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult |