An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
An enclosure for secure storage.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
Anything made by combining several things.
A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
To worsen a situation.
To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
Composed of elements; not simple.
An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.