Small coal; coal dust.
Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
Moderately warm.
Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
Excess; surplus to requirements.
Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
Lax.
Moderate in speed.
Weak; not holding fast.
To slacken.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
Slackly.
Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”)
Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.