Reverse Dictionary #47

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

H

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

J

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

C

To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.

D

A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

F

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

G

A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

M

Ordinary, common or commonplace.

C

A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

S

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

M

Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

D

The end for which something is done, is made or exists.

P

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

H

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy.

K

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

V

The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.

C

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

T

An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.

V

(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.

U

(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.

C

Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.

D

Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

C

A sloping passage or incline.

D

More than half (50%) of some group.

M

A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.

T