Shaft
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIG
The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"

RAY
Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

PIT
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

ROD
Any rod-shaped bacterium

BAR
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

4 letters

COCK
Adult male bird

DICK
Obscene terms for penis

PUTZ
Obscene terms for penis

TOOL
The means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

BARB
One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

GIBE
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

JIBE
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

SHOT
A chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"

SLAM
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

BEAM
Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

AXLE
A shaft on which a wheel rotates

POLE
A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

5 letters

ARROW
A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

QUILL
A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

SCAPE
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

LANCE
A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

SPEAR
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

PETER
Obscene terms for penis

PRICK
The act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"

CHEAT
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

SCREW
A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

6 letters

TUNNEL
A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"

CHOUSE
Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

JOCKEY
Someone employed to ride horses in horse races

PECKER
Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

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PASSAGE
The act of passing from one state or place to the next

CHICANE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

SPINDLE
Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"

CALAMUS
The hollow spine of a feather

9 letters

LIGHTBEAM
A column of light (as from a beacon)

DIAPHYSIS
The main (mid) section of a long bone

10 letters

RAYOFLIGHT
A column of light (as from a beacon)

11 letters

BEAMOFLIGHT
A column of light (as from a beacon)

IRRADIATION
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

12 letters

SHAFTOFLIGHT
A column of light (as from a beacon)

13 letters

ROTATINGSHAFT
A revolving rod that transmits power or motion