Synonyms of the word

lacuna

• n. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
• n. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript…
• n. (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
• n. (translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language…

blank

• adj. (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
• adj. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
• adj. (sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
• adj. (figuratively) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
• adj. Absolute; downright; sheer.
• adj. Without expression.
• adj. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
• adj. Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
• adj. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
• adj. (military) Ammunition with propellant but without bullets; unbulleted. (used for training).
• n. A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a…
• n. An physical empty space; a void, for example on a paper.
• n. An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory.
• n. A space to be filled in on a form or template.
• n. A paper without marks or characters, or with space left for writing; a ballot, form, contract, etc. that…
• n. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
• n. (archaic, historical) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about…
• n. (archaic, historical) a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
• n. (engineering) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, such as a coin,…
• n. (dominoes) A domino without spots.
• n. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
• n. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot.
• n. (figuratively) The object to which anything is directed or aimed.
• n. Aim; shot; range.
• n. (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in…
• v. (transitive) To make void; to erase.
• v. (transitive, slang) To ignore.
• v. (transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
• v. (intransitive) To become blank.
• v. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be temporarily unable to remember.

caisson

• n. (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas…
• n. The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
• n. (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out…
• n. (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
• n. (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
• n. (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
• n. (architecture) A coffer.

coffer

• n. A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
• n. (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
• n. A cofferdam.
• n. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
• n. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it…
• v. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer.
• v. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

crack

• v. (intransitive) To form cracks.
• v. (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
• v. (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
• v. (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
• v. (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
• v. (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
• v. (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of…
• v. (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
• v. (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
• v. (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
• v. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
• v. (transitive) To open slightly.
• v. (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative).
• v. (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.).
• v. (transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
• v. (transitive) To tell (a joke).
• v. (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application…
• v. (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
• v. (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
• v. (obsolete) To brag, boast.
• v. (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
• n. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
• n. A narrow opening.
• n. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
• n. A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
• n. (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
• n. (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
• n. (informal) An attempt at something.
• n. (vulgar, slang) vagina.
• n. (informal) The space between the buttocks.
• n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous…
• n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news.
• n. (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
• n. (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
• n. (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
• n. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
• n. (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
• n. (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
• n. (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
• n. (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
• n. (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
• n. (slang, dated, Britain) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
• adj. Highly trained and competent.
• adj. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

gap

• n. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
• n. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
• n. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
• n. A vacant space or time.
• n. A hiatus.
• n. A mountain or hill pass.
• n. (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
• n. (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
• n. (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will…
• n. (Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities…
• n. (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
• v. (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
• v. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
• v. (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
• n. Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan).

panel

• n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture)…
• n. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for…
• n. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
• n. (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally,…
• n. (law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
• n. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
• n. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
• n. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
• n. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
• n. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
• n. (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
• n. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system…
• n. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt…
• n. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
• v. to fit with panels.