locked jaw
noun
A jaw that opens or closes with difficulty; a condition causing this; also in figurative contexts.
Origin
Mid 18th century.
- adaptitude
- adaptive
- adaptive control
- adaptive expectations
- adaptive expectations hypothesis
- adaptive immunity
- adaptively
- adaptiveness
- adaptive optics
- adaptive radiation
- adaptive zone
- adaptivity
- adaptly
- adaptment
- adaptness
- adaptogen
- adaptogenic
- adaptometer
- adaptor
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- Adar
- ad arbitrium
- adarce
- adarces
- ADAS