brain lock
informal (chiefly North American )
noun
A mental block; (an instance of) mental paralysis.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Bridge World.
- tetrachord
- tetracyclic
- tetracycline
- tetrad
- tetradactyl
- tetradactylous
- tetradactyly
- tetraethyl lead
- tetrafluoroethylene
- tetragonal
- tetragonally
- tetragram
- Tetragrammaton
- tetrahedral
- tetrahedrite
- tetrahedron
- tetrahydrocannabinol
- tetrahydrofuran
- tetrahydrogestrinone
- tetralogy
- tetralogy of Fallot
- tetramer
- tetrameric
- tetramerous
- tetrameter