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Preventable :: Preventable (a.) Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases..

Hinderance :: Hinderance (n.) Same as Hindrance.

Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds..

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..

Icebound :: Icebound (a.) Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast..

Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Postscutellum :: Postscutellum (n.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

Empeach :: Empeach (v. t.) To hinder. See Impeach.

Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..

Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel..

After :: After (a.) Hinder; nearer the rear.

Preventive :: Preventive (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease..

Siphonet :: Siphonet (n.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.

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