A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
A drilling or tamping rod.
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
The counter of such premises.
The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
The crossbar.
Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
A city gate, in some British place names.
An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
One of those musical sections.
A vein or dike crossing a lode.
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
To prohibit.
To lock or bolt with a bar.
Except, other than, besides.
Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
The front part of a vessel.
An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
Situated toward or at the front of something.
Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Moving in the desired direction of progress.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Having the usual order or sequence.
To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
To advance, promote.
To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
In the usual order or sequence.
At, near or towards the front of something.
Into the future.
At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
So that front and back are in the usual orientation.