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.
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.
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.
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.