| handicap | | |
| n. (state) | 1. disability, disablement, handicap, impairment | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" |
| ~ bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg | a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee). |
| ~ anorgasmia | absence of an orgasm in sexual relations. |
| ~ dysphasia | an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage. |
| ~ unfitness, softness | poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury). |
| ~ disability of walking | a disability that interferes with or prevents walking. |
| ~ astasia | inability to stand due to muscular incoordination. |
| ~ amputation | a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs. |
| ~ hearing disorder, hearing impairment | impairment of the sense of hearing. |
| ~ dysomia | impairment of the sense of smell. |
| ~ vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment | impairment of the sense of sight. |
| ~ descensus, prolapse, prolapsus | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus). |
| ~ hypesthesia, hypoesthesia | impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity. |
| ~ genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga | an inward slant of the thigh. |
| ~ pigeon toes | disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee. |
| ~ bandy legs, bow leg, bow legs | outward curvature of the legs. |
| ~ disintegration | a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system.; "a disintegration of personality" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. handicap | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning. |
| ~ advantage, vantage | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position.; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" |
| ~ penalty | (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game. |
| ~ scratch | (golf) a handicap of zero strokes.; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. |
| ~ difficulty | a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result.; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent" |
| ~ albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps.; "she was an albatross around his neck" |
| ~ bind | something that hinders as if with bonds. |
| ~ diriment impediment | (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage). |
| ~ drag | something that slows or delays progress.; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" |
| ~ obstacle, obstruction | something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted.; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" |
| ~ straitjacket | anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines.; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket" |
| v. (body) | 4. disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid | injure permanently.; "He was disabled in a car accident" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ hock | disable by cutting the hock. |
| v. (competition) | 5. handicap | attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant. |
| ~ bias | influence in an unfair way.; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" |
| v. (competition) | 6. hamper, handicap, hinder | put at a disadvantage.; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" |
| ~ disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" |
| peddle | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend | sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
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