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blackhead |
a small, black-tipped plug of fatty matter blocking a pore of the skin, esp. on the face. [1/3 definitions] |
bung |
to plug or cork using a bung (often fol. by "up"). [1/3 definitions] |
chew |
something for chewing, esp. a plug of tobacco. [1/6 definitions] |
chink1 |
to plug up chinks in. [1/3 definitions] |
earplug |
a rubber or plastic plug that fits into the ear opening to deaden sound or keep out water. |
fill |
to close up or plug. [1/7 definitions] |
fipple |
a wedgelike slitted plug that stops the upper end of certain musical instruments, such as the recorder, and through which the player blows air. |
fipple flute |
a recorder or other vertical flute that has a slitted wedgelike plug, or fipple, in the mouthpiece. |
jack |
a device that connects a plug to an electrical circuit. [1/7 definitions] |
peg |
to fasten, plug, or mark with a peg or pegs. [1/3 definitions] |
plug |
to close or stop up with a plug. [2/4 definitions] |
poppet |
an intake or exhaust valve that can rapidly plug or unplug an opening, often driven by a spring for rapid repetition; poppet valve. [1/2 definitions] |
preignition |
in an internal-combustion engine, the ignition of fuel before the spark plug fires. |
receptacle |
an electric outlet, as on a wall, that allows a plug to make contact with the power supply. [1/2 definitions] |
spigot |
a plug or tap set in a cask opening. [1/2 definitions] |
spile |
a wooden peg or plug, esp. one used as a spigot in a barrel. [2/4 definitions] |
stop |
to close or plug. [1/10 definitions] |
stopper |
something that blocks an opening; plug. |
stopple |
a stopper or plug, as for a bottle. [2 definitions] |
tampon |
a plug of absorbent cotton or other material inserted into a bodily opening or wound to absorb the flow of blood or other secretions, esp. a commercially manufactured one for absorbing menstrual flow. |
tap2 |
a device to control the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container, or a plug to prevent such a flow; spigot; faucet. [1/9 definitions] |
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