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noun • the act of slowing down or falling behind • the time between one event, process, or period and another • one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket verb • hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail • throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins • cover with lagging to prevent heat loss | ||||||||
| 36% | 5 | Screw that's not begun to screw? | ||||||
adjective • marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact adjective satellite • (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct • lacking compromising or mitigating elements verb • claim as due or just • take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | ||||||||
| 35% | 11 | Type of screw hole used with a countersunk screw | ||||||
noun • a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface • a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole verb • insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | ||||||||
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