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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..

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

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 (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..

Interceptive :: Interceptive (a.) Intercepting or tending to intercept.

Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.

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

Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug

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..

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..

Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.

Articulation :: Articulation (n.) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc..

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

Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard..

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

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

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..

Intercipient :: Intercipient (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage..

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market..

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