UNNAILING Antonyms

• a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

• stick or fasten to

• add to the very end

• attach or become attached to a stem word

• cause to be attached

• be attached; be in contact with

• become attached

• create social or emotional ties

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

• a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

• the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

• the act of moving with great haste

• a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

• a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

• a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

• in a rigid manner

• directly

• move or jump suddenly

• secure or lock with a bolt

• swallow hastily

• run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

• leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

• eat hastily without proper chewing

• make or roll into bolts

• cause to be firmly attached

• become fixed or fastened

• attach to

• make tight or tighter

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

• attach something somewhere by means of nails

• take into custody

• hit with great force

• succeed in obtaining a position

• succeed at easily

• locate exactly

• complete a pass

• a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

• a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

• informal terms for the leg

• axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

• cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

• a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• attach or fasten with pins

• pierce with a pin

• (chess) immobilize a piece

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit