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adj
- innermost or essential
- located inward
- confined to an exclusive group
- located or occurring within or closer to a center
- exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
- inside or closer to the inside of the body
- Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
- Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
- Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
- Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
- Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
- Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
noun
- An inner part.
- A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
- (UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
- (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
- (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
- (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
adj
- innermost or essential
- Of the inner nature of a thing.
- located inward
- happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
- inside the country
- occurring within an institution or community
- (biology) Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
- Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- (medicine) Within the body.
- Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
- Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
- (British, education, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
- (pharmacology) Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
adj
- innermost or essential
- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- concerning things deeply private and personal
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
- used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
- involved in a sexual relationship
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- Personal; private.
- Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
- Very finely mixed.
noun
verb
noun
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- The interior or inner part.
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- the region that is inside of something
adj
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
- being or applying to the inside of a building
- confined to an exclusive group
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
- away from the outer edge
adv
- (colloquial) In or to prison.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
- within a building
- with respect to private feelings
- on the inside
- in reality
prep
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- serving as or forming a base
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
- (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
- Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- relating to or being an element
- relating to severe atmospheric conditions
- Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
- (by extension) Of, or relating to a force of nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.
- Basic, fundamental or elementary.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
- easy and not involved or complicated
- (sciences) Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
- (mathematics, of a square matrix) Which performs a row or column operation on another matrix when the two are multiplied; see Elementary matrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Such matrices are called "elementary" because they generate the general linear group).
- (mathematics, of an argument or proof) Straightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).
- (mathematics, of a symmetric polynomial) Arising from Vieta's formulas; see Elementary symmetric polynomial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (chemistry, of a reaction) Involving only a single reaction step and transition state.
- Relating to an elementary school.
- (number theory, of an argument or proof, mostly historical outside the phrase "Elementary number theory") Making no use of complex analysis.
- (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
- Very simple.
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- most important element
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
noun
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
adj
adv
noun
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
- a mountain or tall hill
prep
noun
adj
- Most important; essential.
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
noun
- A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
- the central and most intense or profound part
adj
- Inner, underlying, true; relating to one’s inner or private being rather than what is visible on the surface.
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- (anatomy, often with to) Further into the body.
- Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
- (sports such as soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
- Voluminous.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- (in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- (sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- marked by depth of thinking
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- intense or extreme
- with head or back bent low
- (of darkness) densely dark
- very distant in time or space
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- strong; intense
- of an obscure nature
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- large in quantity or size
- extending relatively far inward
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
adv
- (also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- (sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
- (also deeply) In large volume.
- Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
- to a great distance
- to an advanced time
- to a great depth; far down or in
verb
adj
- Internal; interior.
- (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
- (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
- (of a male animal) Not gelded.
- Morally whole; pure; sheer.
- (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
- (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
- (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
- constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
noun
adj
- Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- being on topic and prompting thought
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
noun
verb
verb
- be the essential element
- cook until very little liquid is left
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- (transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
- (intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
- (transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
verb
- be the essential element
- get sick
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- criticize or reprimand harshly
- fall from clouds
- (intransitive) To decrease.
- (impersonal, UK) To rain.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- (intransitive) To be passed through time.
- (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
- (intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- (intransitive) To be demolished.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- (intransitive, slang) To behave in a particular way.
verb
- be the essential element
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
adj
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- serving or acting as a means or aid
- relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
noun
noun
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
- fortitude and determination
verb
noun
- The central or most important element of something; a focal element.
- A representative of a group or class of people within an organizational system.
- A sign or similar type of marketing material designed to draw attention to special deals.
- An exemplar of a concept.
- (Wicca) An object that is used to focus concentration when performing magic.
- A major point of interest; an attraction.
- The individual who is the focus of a study or review, when the study or review is based on that individual's interactions with others.
adj
adj
noun
- (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
- (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
- (biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
- (computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
- (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
- (art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
- (neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
- (military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
- A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
- The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
- (botany) The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
- A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
- (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
- (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
- The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
- The center or inner part of a space or area.
- A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
- The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- (engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
- (game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
- (printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
- The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
- the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- the center of an object
- the central part of the Earth
- a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
verb
adj
- Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
- Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
- Moving or tending toward the inside.
- directed or moving inward or toward a center
- relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
adv
adv
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
- (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
- Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
noun
noun
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- Physical matter; material.
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- material of a particular kind or constitution
- the idea that is intended
- considerable capital (wealth or income)
- the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
verb
adj
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- (mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome.
- (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
- (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- markedly new or introducing radical change
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- arising from or going to the root or source
noun
- (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- (organic chemistry) A free radical.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- A person with radical opinions.
- (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
- (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
- (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- (historical, 19th-century Britain, politics) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- (linguistics) In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions
noun
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- (logic) An axiom.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- the most typical example or representative of a type
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
noun
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- (mathematics, category theory, of a morphism f:X→Y in a category with zero morphisms) The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
- (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- (botany) A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- (slang) The human clitoris.
- (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
- (programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
- A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
- (chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
- (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a linear transformation f:M→N between modules or vector spaces) The set of elements of M which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of N.
- (mathematics, set theory, of a function f) The set of pairs of elements in the domain of f which are mapped to the same value; the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y).
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group homomorphism f:G→H between groups) The set of elements of G which are mapped to the identity of H (usually written as 0 in an additive group and as 1 in a multiplicative group).
- (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
- (mathematics, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism f:R→S between rings) The set of elements of R which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of S.
- (mathematics, category theory) The source of operatorname kerf, denoted operatorname Kerf.
- a single whole grain of a cereal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
verb
noun
- Initialism of inside diameter or inner diameter or internal diameter.
- Initialism of intelligent design.
- (nutrition) Initialism of iron deficiency.
- (music) An electronic music track without an official title.
- Initialism of industrial design.
- Initialism of intellectual disability.
- (radio, television) An ident.
- Abbreviation of identification / identifier / identity document.
- Initialism of industry discount.
- (Internet) Initialism of image description.
- a card or badge used to identify the bearer
adj
name
verb
noun
noun
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
adj
noun
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- The interior or inner part.
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- the region that is inside of something
adj
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
- being or applying to the inside of a building
- confined to an exclusive group
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
- away from the outer edge
adv
- (colloquial) In or to prison.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
- within a building
- with respect to private feelings
- on the inside
- in reality
prep
adj
- innermost or essential
- located inward
- confined to an exclusive group
- located or occurring within or closer to a center
- exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
- inside or closer to the inside of the body
- Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
- Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
- Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
- Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
- Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
- Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
noun
- An inner part.
- A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
- (UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
- (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
- (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
- (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
noun
noun
- A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
- the central and most intense or profound part
adj
- Inner, underlying, true; relating to one’s inner or private being rather than what is visible on the surface.
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- (anatomy, often with to) Further into the body.
- Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
- (sports such as soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
- Voluminous.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- (in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- (sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- marked by depth of thinking
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- intense or extreme
- with head or back bent low
- (of darkness) densely dark
- very distant in time or space
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- strong; intense
- of an obscure nature
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- large in quantity or size
- extending relatively far inward
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
adv
- (also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- (sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
- (also deeply) In large volume.
- Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
- to a great distance
- to an advanced time
- to a great depth; far down or in
verb
noun
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- plural of gut
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
- fortitude and determination
verb
noun
- The central or most important element of something; a focal element.
- A representative of a group or class of people within an organizational system.
- A sign or similar type of marketing material designed to draw attention to special deals.
- An exemplar of a concept.
- (Wicca) An object that is used to focus concentration when performing magic.
- A major point of interest; an attraction.
- The individual who is the focus of a study or review, when the study or review is based on that individual's interactions with others.
adj
noun
noun
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- Physical matter; material.
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- material of a particular kind or constitution
- the idea that is intended
- considerable capital (wealth or income)
- the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
verb
noun
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- (logic) An axiom.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- the most typical example or representative of a type
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
noun
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- (mathematics, category theory, of a morphism f:X→Y in a category with zero morphisms) The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
- (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- (botany) A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- (slang) The human clitoris.
- (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
- (programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
- A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
- (chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
- (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a linear transformation f:M→N between modules or vector spaces) The set of elements of M which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of N.
- (mathematics, set theory, of a function f) The set of pairs of elements in the domain of f which are mapped to the same value; the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y).
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group homomorphism f:G→H between groups) The set of elements of G which are mapped to the identity of H (usually written as 0 in an additive group and as 1 in a multiplicative group).
- (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
- (mathematics, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism f:R→S between rings) The set of elements of R which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of S.
- (mathematics, category theory) The source of operatorname kerf, denoted operatorname Kerf.
- a single whole grain of a cereal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
verb
noun
- Initialism of inside diameter or inner diameter or internal diameter.
- Initialism of intelligent design.
- (nutrition) Initialism of iron deficiency.
- (music) An electronic music track without an official title.
- Initialism of industrial design.
- Initialism of intellectual disability.
- (radio, television) An ident.
- Abbreviation of identification / identifier / identity document.
- Initialism of industry discount.
- (Internet) Initialism of image description.
- a card or badge used to identify the bearer
adj
name
verb
noun
noun
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
verb
- be the essential element
- cook until very little liquid is left
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- (transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.
- (intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
- (transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
verb
- be the essential element
- get sick
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- criticize or reprimand harshly
- fall from clouds
- (intransitive) To decrease.
- (impersonal, UK) To rain.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- (intransitive) To be passed through time.
- (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
- (intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- (intransitive) To be demolished.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- (intransitive, slang) To behave in a particular way.
verb
- be the essential element
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
adv
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
- (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
- Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
adj
- innermost or essential
- located inward
- confined to an exclusive group
- located or occurring within or closer to a center
- exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
- inside or closer to the inside of the body
- Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
- Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
- Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
- Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
- Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
- Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
noun
- An inner part.
- A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
- (UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
- (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
- (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
- (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
adj
- innermost or essential
- Of the inner nature of a thing.
- located inward
- happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
- inside the country
- occurring within an institution or community
- (biology) Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
- Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- (medicine) Within the body.
- Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
- Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
- (British, education, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
- (pharmacology) Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
adj
- innermost or essential
- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- concerning things deeply private and personal
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
- used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
- involved in a sexual relationship
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- Personal; private.
- Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
- Very finely mixed.
noun
verb
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- serving as or forming a base
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
- (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
- Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- relating to or being an element
- relating to severe atmospheric conditions
- Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
- (by extension) Of, or relating to a force of nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.
- Basic, fundamental or elementary.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
- easy and not involved or complicated
- (sciences) Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
- (mathematics, of a square matrix) Which performs a row or column operation on another matrix when the two are multiplied; see Elementary matrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Such matrices are called "elementary" because they generate the general linear group).
- (mathematics, of an argument or proof) Straightforward, employing only basic techniques; not requiring substantial knowledge (of some particular domain, object, etc.).
- (mathematics, of a symmetric polynomial) Arising from Vieta's formulas; see Elementary symmetric polynomial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (chemistry, of a reaction) Involving only a single reaction step and transition state.
- Relating to an elementary school.
- (number theory, of an argument or proof, mostly historical outside the phrase "Elementary number theory") Making no use of complex analysis.
- (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
- Very simple.
noun
adj
- of or being the essential or basic part
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- most important element
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
noun
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
adj
adv
noun
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
- a mountain or tall hill
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adj
- Most important; essential.
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
adj
- Internal; interior.
- (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
- (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
- (of a male animal) Not gelded.
- Morally whole; pure; sheer.
- (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
- (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
- (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
- constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
noun
adj
- Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- being on topic and prompting thought
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
noun
verb
adj
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- serving or acting as a means or aid
- relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
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adj
noun
- (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
- (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
- (biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
- (computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
- (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
- (art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
- (neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
- (military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
- A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
- The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
- (botany) The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
- A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
- (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
- (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
- The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
- The center or inner part of a space or area.
- A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
- The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- (engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
- (game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
- (printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
- The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
- the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- the center of an object
- the central part of the Earth
- a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
verb
adj
- Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
- Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
- Moving or tending toward the inside.
- directed or moving inward or toward a center
- relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
adv
noun
- A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
- the central and most intense or profound part
adj
- Inner, underlying, true; relating to one’s inner or private being rather than what is visible on the surface.
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- (anatomy, often with to) Further into the body.
- Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
- (sports such as soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
- Voluminous.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- (in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- (sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- marked by depth of thinking
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- intense or extreme
- with head or back bent low
- (of darkness) densely dark
- very distant in time or space
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- strong; intense
- of an obscure nature
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- large in quantity or size
- extending relatively far inward
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
adv
- (also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- (sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
- (also deeply) In large volume.
- Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
- to a great distance
- to an advanced time
- to a great depth; far down or in
verb
adj
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- (mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome.
- (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
- (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- markedly new or introducing radical change
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- arising from or going to the root or source
noun
- (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- (organic chemistry) A free radical.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- A person with radical opinions.
- (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
- (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
- (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- (historical, 19th-century Britain, politics) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- (linguistics) In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions