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BARRIER |
Obstacle |
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HAZARD |
Golfing obstacle |
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CHICANE |
Speed obstacle |
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SNAG |
Unforeseen obstacle |
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REMORA |
Delay; obstacle; hindrance. |
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SNAGGED |
Caught on hidden obstacle |
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BAULK |
Stop at an obstacle |
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HOLDBACK |
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. |
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DRAWBACK |
Obstacle is backward and half turned around |
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PAYWALL |
Online obstacle for a site's non subscribers |
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RETARDATION |
That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. |
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STARTINGBLOCK |
Beginning with obstacle at the end of the pool |
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OBSTRUCTION |
That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an
impediment; a hindrance. |
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DRAG |
Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
progress or enjoyment. |
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STEM |
To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a
current. |
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STOP |
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an
impediment; an obstruction. |
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CHECK |
Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle,
guard, restraint, or rebuff. |
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COUNTERCHECK |
To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a
return check. |
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HITCH |
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement. |
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HARROW |
An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside
down, the frame being buried. |
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INSURMOUNTABLE |
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or
overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. |
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INVINCIBLE |
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued;
unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. |
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STICK |
To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of
some obstacle; to be stayed. |
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ASSAIL |
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of
mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. |
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LET |
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common
in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. |