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crosswalk |
a lane or path, usu. near the corner of a street, that is marked off as a pedestrian crossing. |
crosswind |
a wind blowing at an angle across the path of an airplane, ship, or the like. |
curling |
a game played on ice in which two teams, of four players each, slide a stone or other heavy object toward a circle at either end of the ice, the players being permitted to clean the path of the stone to control its speed and direction. |
cyclotron |
a device for accelerating charged particles to very high energies in a spiral path using a fixed magnetic field and an alternating electric field. |
descent |
a path or passage that slopes downward. [1/4 definitions] |
dike |
a raised path across a low or wet area; causeway. [1/6 definitions] |
eccentric |
deviating from a circular path or shape. [1/5 definitions] |
ecliptic |
the apparent path of the sun, as seen from the earth against the background stars. [1/3 definitions] |
fast track |
(informal) a career path or business opportunity for very fast advancement, development, growth, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
footpath |
a narrow path for, and often made by, people walking. |
fore2 |
in golf, used as a warning to alert those who may be in the path of a golf ball that is about to be driven. |
gangway |
a path into, out of, around, or through something; passageway. [1/4 definitions] |
gravel |
to cover with gravel, as a path or road. [1/4 definitions] |
guideway |
a channel or groove that defines the path for something moving through it. [1/2 definitions] |
gyre |
a circular or spiral path or motion. [1/2 definitions] |
hack1 |
to make (a way, path, road, or the like) by chopping out obstructions. [1/12 definitions] |
head |
to cause to go in a certain direction or on a certain path. [1/20 definitions] |
impasse |
a road or path that has no outlet. [1/2 definitions] |
in one's way |
in one's path or blocking one's path. [1/2 definitions] |
inside track |
the shorter inside path on a curved racetrack. [1/2 definitions] |
in the way |
blocking the path or field of vision, for one or for many. [1/2 definitions] |
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