| inside loop | a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight |
killing
kill
putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
putt
putting | hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter, his putting let him down today, he didn't sink a single putt over three feet |
| inside job | some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim, the police decided that the crime was an inside job |
| lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
locking
lockup | the act of locking something up to protect it |
airlock
air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
| combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
| cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
| inside caliper | caliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole), points on its legs curve outward |
| inside clinch | a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop |
| lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
| lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
| lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
| lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
| lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
| lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
| locking pliers | pliers that can be locked in place |
lockring
lock ring
lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
putter
putting iron | the iron normally used on the putting green |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch
safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener
sash lock
window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
vapor lock
vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
| wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
| inside track | a favorable position in a competition, the boss's son had the inside track for that job |
lock
curl
ringlet
whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
| scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
details
inside information | true confidential information, after the trial he gave us the real details |
green
putting green
putting surface | an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course, the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker |
inside
interior | the inner or enclosed surface of something |
| inside interior | the region that is inside of something |
Inland Passage
Inside Passage | a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska |
| inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse |
| lock-up option | an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover |
| lock | become rigid or immoveable, The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise |
lock in
lock away
lock put away shut up
shut away
lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape, The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend, She locked her jewels in the safe |
| lock in seal in | close with or as if with a tight seal, This vacuum pack locks in the flavor! |
| lock | fasten with a lock, lock the bike to the fence |
| lock up | secure by locking, lock up the house before you go on vacation |
engage
mesh lock operate | keep engaged, engaged the gears |
interlock
lock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another, They were locked in embrace |
| lock interlock interlace | hold in a locking position, He locked his hands around her neck |
| lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels |
| lock | hold fast (in a certain state), He was locked in a laughing fit |
| lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway |
| lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike |
| off-putting | tending to repel, The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile- Elizabeth Hess |
| self-locking | locking automatically when closed |
| inside | away from the outer edge, an inner lahne, the inside lane |