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seal | alligator |

As a noun seal

is sea, air, land (used as a name of a military unit).

As a proper noun alligator is

.

seal

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) sele, from an inflectional form of (etyl) seolh, from (etyl) ). More at sullow.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
    • The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * acme seal * Arctic seal, arctic seal * Atlantic gray seal, Atlantic grey seal * Baikal seal * bay seal * bearded seal * bottle-nosed seal * Caspian seal * common seal * crab-eater seal, crabeater seal * crab-eating seal * crawling seal * crested seal * eared seal * earless seal * elephant seal * fur seal, fur-seal * Greenland seal * gray seal, grey seal * hair seal, hair-seal * harbor seal, harbour seal * harp seal, harp-seal * heart seal * hooded seal * Hudson bay seal, Hudson seal * jar seal * kid seal * Ladoga seal * land seal * Larga seal * leonine seal * leopard seal * leporine seal * maned seal * marbled seal * monk seal, monk-seal * native seal * pied seal * pin seal * ribbon seal * ringed seal * river seal * rock seal * Ross seal * rough seal * seal brown, seal-brown * seal calf * sealchie * seal-cloth * seal dog * sealery * seal-fin deformity * seal finger * seal fingers * seal-fish * seal-fisher * seal-fishing * seal-fur * seal-grain * seal-hole * seal-hunter * seal-hunting * seal limbs * seal-lynx point * seal-oil, seal oil * seal point, sealpoint * seal-plush * seal rookery * seal shark * sealskin * seal-tortie lynx point * seal-tortie point * seal-vat * small-ringed seal * spotted seal * square flipper seal * swan-necked seal * thong seal * true seal * ursine seal * walking seal * Weddell seal, Weddell's seal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt seals.
    • Synonyms
    * (hunt seals) go sealing

    See also

    * (Pinniped) * clapmatch * dolphin * sea lion * walrus * selkie

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) seel, from (etyl) sigillum, a diminutive of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
  • An impression of a stamp on wax or paper.
  • (rft-sense) A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
    • The front of the podium bore the presidential seal .
  • Anything that secures or authenticates.
  • (rft-sense) Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
    • The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
  • Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
    • Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
  • Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
    • The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
  • A tight closure, secure against leakage.
    • Close the lid tightly to get a good seal .
  • A chakra.
    • Derived terms
    * AccuPort seal * Angio-Seal® * apex seal * balanced seal * bellows seal * blow fill seal * Bodok seal * border seal * break seal * break the seal * Bridgman seal * broad seal * burning seal * cartridge seal * Chinese seal * chip seal * Christmas seal * clay seal * collation of seals * company seal * compartmented seal * compression seal * compressor seal * concentric dual seal * Confederate Seal * contract under seal * corporate seal * counter-seal * crankshaft seal * cup seal * cylinder seal * diaphragm seal * door seal (aka door gasket) * double balanced seal * double seal * dry gas seal * dry seal * dual seal * dynamic seal * enamelled seal * externally pressurized seal * face seal * face-to-face seals * farthing seal * fin seal * fisherman's seal, fisher's seal * flange seal * given under my hand and seal * glass-ceramic-to-metal seal * glass seal * golden seal, golden-seal, goldenseal * grease seal * Great Seal * guide seal * gum-seal * hand and seal * Hermes' seal * hermetic seal * hydrodynamic seal * hydrostatic seal * Imperial Seal of China * Imperial Seal of Japan * impression seal * inside-mounted seal * Keeper of the Seals * Knights Templar Seal * labyrinth seal * lady's seal * lip seal * LMLK seal * Luther seal * magnetic seal * mechanical face seal * mechanical seal * medicine seal * official seal * Official Seal of the President of Ireland * oil seal * orbital reducer seal * outside-mounted seal * palatal seal * peripheral seal * piston seal * posterior palatal seal * postpalatal seal * presidential seal * primary seal * privy seal * pusher seal * radial shaft seal * rotary seal * rotating face mechanical seal * royal seal * sanitary seal * scaraboid seal * seal assembly * seal at arms, seal of arms * seal-bag * sealbore * seal chamber * seal coating * seal-cup * seal-cylinder * seal-day * seal-engraving * seal face * seal face width * seal-flower * seal leak * sealless * seal-lock, seal lock * Seal-Lock, Sealock * seal manual * seal-master * seal of approval * seal of confession, seal of the confessional * seal-office * seal of quality * seal of relics * Seal of Solomon * seal of the demons * Seal of the President of the Philippines * Seal of the Prophets * Seal of the United States Senate * seal-pipe * seal point * seal-press * seal presser * seal receptacle * seal ring, seal-ring * seal script * seal-stamp * seal-stone * seal swell * seal-top * seal-wax, sealwax * seal-work * seal-wort * sealing washer * secre seal * secret seal * set one's seal * set to one's seal, set to seal * set the seal on * the seven seals * shaft seal * Solomon's seal * stamp seal * state seal * stationary seal * surface sealing * sylphon seal * tandem seals * trap seal * unbalanced seal * under one's seal, under seal * Underseal, underseal * under the cold seal * United States Treasury Seal * unseal * velopharyngeal seal * water seal * weather seal * wiper seal
    Related terms
    * aseal, asseal * enseal

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place a seal on (a document).
  • To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
    • to seal''' weights and measures; to '''seal silverware
  • To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
    • The cover is sealed . If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
  • To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
    • The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
  • To close securely to prevent leakage.
    • I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum".
  • To place in a sealed container.
    • I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
  • (chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
    • After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
  • To guarantee.
    • The last-minute goal sealed United's win.
  • To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
    • (Gwilt)
  • To close by means of a seal.
    • to seal a drainpipe with water
  • (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
  • * H. Stansbury
    • If a man once married desires a second helpmate she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church.
    Synonyms
    * (place a seal on) * (fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage ): * (prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something) ): block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off * (close securely to prevent leakage) * (place in a sealed container) enclose * (chess term)
    Derived terms
    * counter-seal, counterseal * heat-seal * reseal * sealable * sealant * sealed * sealer * seal in * sealing * seal off * seal somebody's fate, seal someone's fate * seal under * seal up * underseal

    See also

    * stamp

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    alligator

    English

    (wikipedia alligator)

    Etymology 1

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, , in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China.
    • All you could see of the alligator were its two eyes above the water, and suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with its strong jaws full of sharp teeth .
  • * 2002 , Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia , page 38,
    • Alligators and crocodiles look extremely alike.
    The main distinguishing feature is the teeth. In a crocodile the teeth in its upper and lower jaws are in line, but in an alligator , when its mouth is shut, the upper teeth lie outside the lower ones.
  • * 2007 , Bernie McGovern (editor), Florida Almanac: 2007-2008 , 17th Edition, page 243,
    • In 1967, the federal government declared alligators' to be an Endangered Species and prohibited gator hunting and the sale of hides. The ' alligator responded and by the mid-1970s, the reptile numbers soared to an estimated half-million.
  • * 2012 , Thomas N. Tozer, Pierre's Journey to Florida: Diary of a Young Huguenot in the Sixteenth Century , unnumbered page,
    • They ran to the village screaming at the top of their lungs that an alligator' was coming after them. Several of the men in Alimacani retrieved from a storehouse the tool they used to catch ' alligators .
  • Any of various machines with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
  • # (metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
  • # (mining) A rock breaker.
  • # (printing) A kind of job press.
    • Synonyms
    * (reptile within Crocodilia) gator (informal)
    Coordinate terms
    * (reptile within Crocodilia) caiman, cayman; croc, crocodile; gavial, gharial
    Derived terms
    * (Alligator Alley) * alligator apple * alligator bait * alligator clip * alligatored * alligator fish * alligator forceps * alligator gar * alligator grass * alligatoring * alligator leather * alligator lizard * alligator pear * (Alligator Pond) * alligator press * alligator shear * alligator skin * alligator snapper, alligator snapping turtle * alligator spread * alligator terrapin * alligator tortoise * alligator turtle, alligator-turtle * alligator weed * alligator wood * alligator wrench * American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis ) * Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis ) * gator * prairie alligator * see you later alligator * spectacled alligator

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
  • * 2003 , Carson Dunlop & Associates, Essentials of Home Inspection: Roofing , page 24,
    • Alligatoring is a result of the sun making the top surface of the asphalt brittle.
  • * 2004 , James E. Piper, Handbook of Facility Assessment , page 39,
    • Sealing an area that is alligatoring' is a temporary solution that may delay having to replace the asphalt for several years. A more permanent repair would be to replace the ' alligatored section.
  • * 2009 , Kären M. Hess, Christine M. H. Orthmann, Criminal Investigation , page 483,
    • Common burn indicators include alligatoring , crazing, the depth of char, lines of demarcation, sagged furniture springs and spalling.

    References

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    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who binds or ties.
    • See also
    * ligator ----