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Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Spile :: Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask..

Mixture :: Mixture (n.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone..

Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm..

Registration :: Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.

Fipple :: Fipple (n.) A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music..

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion..

Suspender :: Suspend (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank)..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen..

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

Sluice :: Sluice (n.) An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..

Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..

Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.

Metrograph :: Metrograph (n.) An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Register :: Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.

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