A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
To catch; lay hold of.
To close or lock as if with a latch.
An occluded front.
Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
The process of occluding, or something that occludes.