A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
A distribution channel
The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
The navigable part of a river.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
To direct or guide along a desired course.
To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
To make or cut a channel or groove in.
To serve as a medium for.
One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
An f-stop.
A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
To cause (something) to come to an end.
To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
To cease moving.
To end someone else's activity.
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
To make fast; to stopper.
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
To close or block an opening.
Not to continue.