Bolt
(n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow |
Bolt
(n.) Lightning |
Bolt
(n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end. |
Bolt
(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate |
Bolt
(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner |
Bolt
(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. |
Bolt
(n.) A bundle, as of oziers. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To shoot |
Bolt
(v. t.) To utter precipitately |
Bolt
(v. t.) To swallow without chewing |
Bolt
(v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth |
Bolt
(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters |
Bolt
(v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow |
Bolt
(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. |
Bolt
(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path |
Bolt
(v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(adv.) In the manner of a bolt |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden spring or start |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. |
Bolt
(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter |
Bolt
(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting |
Bolt
(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. |
Bolt
(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal |
Captive
(n.) A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war |
Captive
(n.) One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection |
Captive
(a.) Made prisoner, especially in war |
Captive
(a.) Subdued by love |
Captive
(a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement |
Captive
(v. t.) To take prisoner |
House
(n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House
(n.) Household affairs |
House
(n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House
(n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House
(n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House
(n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House
(n.) A public house |
House
(n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House
(n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House
(n.) An audience |
House
(n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House
(n.) The grave. |
House
(v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House
(v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House
(v. t.) To admit to residence |
House
(v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House
(v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House
(v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House
(v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
| bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| slaughter | the killing of animals (as for food) |
slaughter massacre
mass murder
carnage
butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
| house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
| dash bolt | the act of moving with great haste, he made a dash for the door |
| painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
| house arrest | confinement to your own home |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
house wren
Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin
Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
milk snake
house snake
milk adder
checkered adder
Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
snapping shrimp
pistol shrimp | small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae |
domestic cat
house cat
Felis domesticus
Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
housefly
house fly
Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket
Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
house mouse
Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary
bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |
automatic pistol
automatic | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released |
| beach house | a house built on or near a beach |
c Bedlam
booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
funny house
loony bin
madhouse
nut house
nuthouse
sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
boarding house
boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests |
| bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
| bolt deadbolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| bolt | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| bolt cutter | an implement for cutting bolts |
brokerage house
brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
| carriage bolt | a roundheaded bolt for timber, threaded along part of the shank, inserted into holes already drilled |
chapterhouse
fraternity house
frat house | a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
charnel house
charnel | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
coach house
carriage house
remise | a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles |
| coal house | a shed for storing coal |
conference center
conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
| country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
death house
death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
| deck-house | a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship |
detached house
single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
detention home
detention house
house of detention
detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
discount house
discount store
discounter
wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
dollhouse
doll's house | a small model of a house used as a toy by children |
| dollhouse doll's house | a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything |
duplex house
duplex semidetached house | a house with two units sharing a common wall |
dwelling
home
domicile
abode
habitation
dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |