[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.", "a body of water confined by a dam.", "any barrier resembling a dam."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.", "to stop up; block up.Synonyms: choke , check , clog , impede"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a female parent (used especially of four-footed domestic animals)."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["dekameter; dekameters."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["(Carl Pe·ter) Hen·rik[kahrl , pee, -ter , hen, -rik, kah, r, l , pey, -t, uh, r, , hen, -, r, ik],1895–1976,Danish biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943."]}]