(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
cloakage
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
cokeburg
comaking
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cragwork
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
dogtrick
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
gamecock
gamecock
noun
A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
gavelock
gavelock
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An iron crow or lever.
(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.
geckotid
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
gobstick
gorcocks
gorcocks
noun
plural of gorcock
gorlicki
greenock
greenock
Proper noun
a town on the south side of the Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area
a small town in the South Australia.
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
hedgcock
hockling
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
kingchow
knocking
knocking
noun
(automotive) A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
verb
present participle of knock
lockages
lockages
noun
plural of lockage
lockings
lockings
noun
plural of locking
longlick
longneck
longneck
noun
A longneck eel.
A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
An apatosaur, or other similar sauropod.
ockeghem
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
rockling
rockling
noun
Any of certain fishes from other families.
Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
shocking
shocking
adj
(colloquial) Extremely bad.
Inspiring shock; startling.
Unusually obscene or lewd.
noun
The application of an electric shock.
verb
present participle of shock
smocking
smocking
noun
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
verb
present participle of smock
stockage
stockage
noun
stock; a supply of goods stored for later use
stocking
stocking
noun
(forestry) A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.