defect (verb)
121Noise health effects — are the health consequences of elevated sound levels. Elevated workplace or other noise can cause hearing impairment, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance, sleep disturbance, and decreased school performance. Changes in the immune… …
122Ecclesiastical Censures — Ecclesiastical Censures † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part …
123flaw — 1. noun /ˈflɔː,ˈflɔ,ˈflɑ/ a) A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion. There is a flaw in that knife. b) A defect, fault, or …
124lack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. want, deficiency, shortage, need. v. t. need, require. See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being lacking] Syn. destitution, absence, need, dearth,… …
125malfunction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. go amiss or wrong, fail, go haywire. n. failure, defect, misfire, miscarriage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. breakdown, defect, fault, flaw, bug*, glitch*; see also failure 1 . v. Syn. break down, fail,… …
126blemish — 1. noun 1) not a blemish marred her skin Syn: imperfection, flaw, defect, fault, deformity, discoloration, disfigurement; bruise, scar, pit, pock, pimple, blackhead, wart, scratch, cut, gash; …
127fault — 1. noun 1) he has his faults Syn: defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, vice 2) engineers have located the fault Syn: defect, flaw, imperfection …
128vice — I. /vaɪs / (say vuys) noun 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice; a grave moral fault. 2. immoral conduct or life; indulgence in impure or degrading practices. 3. a particular form of depravity. 4. a fault, defect, or imperfection: a vice of… …
