A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
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.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
Small coal; coal dust.
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.
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
Violent and general destruction.
The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
A single action of sweeping.
The person who steers a dragon boat.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
Any of the blades of a windmill.
A chimney sweep.
The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
To strike with a long stroke.
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
To travel quickly.
To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
To search (a place) methodically.
To draw or drag something over.
To play a sweep shot.
To vacuum a carpet or rug.
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.