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Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B..

Interception :: Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy..

Countermine :: Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

Azimuth :: Azimuth (n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying..

Shade :: Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

Intercept :: Intercept (n.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves..

Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.

Picket :: Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance..

Mare :: Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare..

Intercepted :: Intercepted (imp. & p. p.) of Intercep.

Interlope :: Interlope (v. i.) To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

Mist :: Mist (n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision..

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris..

Intercepting :: Intercepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercep.

Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.

Intercepter :: Intercepter (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts..

Veil :: Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face..

Preventive :: Preventive (n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work..

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..

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