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Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried..

Obstructive :: Obstructive (a.) Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.

Stop :: Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Conquer :: Conquer (v. t.) To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace..

Remora :: Remora (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance.

Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney..

Timenoguy :: Timenoguy (n.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

Hinder :: Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

Surmount :: Surmount (v. i.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles..

Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded..

Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance..

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view..

Hercogamous :: Hercogamous (a.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Molehill :: Molehill (n.) A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty..

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