stalemate stalemate /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/

noun

1. Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check  ( stalemate )
   drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
    The chess match ended in a stalemate, with neither player able to checkmate the other.
   The chess match ended in a stalemate, with neither player able to checkmate the other.
   
   
2. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible  ( dead end , stalemate , standstill , deadlock , impasse )
   a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
    Reached an impasse on the negotiations
   reached an impasse on the negotiations
   
   

verb

1. (chess) subject to a stalemate  ( stalemate )
   (chess) subject to a stalemate
   

 cotton-seed tree cotton-seed tree /ˈkɒtnˌsiːd triː/

noun

1. A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts  ( Baccharis halimifolia , consumption weed , cotton-seed tree , groundsel bush , groundsel tree )
   a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
   
   

 Melanie Klein Melanie Klein /ˈmɛləni klaɪn/

noun

1. United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)  ( Klein , Melanie Klein )
   United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
   
   

 grand Turk grand Turk /ɡrænd tɜrk/

noun

1. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)  ( grand Turk , sultan )
   the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)