A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something.
Person wearing a hoodie.
A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).)
In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood)
An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.
An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).
Gangster, thug.
A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.
Neighborhood.
To cover something with a hood.
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
Common law, as contrasted with equity.
Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
To enforce the law.
To subject to legal restrictions.