EMBOLISM Synonyms

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• the narrow part of a bottle near the top

• slow down or impede by creating an obstruction

• become narrow, like a bottleneck

• footwear usually with wooden soles

• any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

• a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

• become or cause to become obstructed

• dance a clog dance

• impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

• impede with a clog or as if with a clog

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• fill to excess so that function is impaired

• a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

• change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

• cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

• turn into curds

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

• excessive crowding

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

• (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

• (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of stopping something

• an insertion into a calendar