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noun
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
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- (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
- A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
- One who, or that which, retracts.
- (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.
- A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
- In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
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- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (photography) The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- A product that sells well.
- a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
- someone who moves
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- workman employed by a moving company
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- (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
- Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
- (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
- The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
noun
- A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
- (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
- (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
- a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
noun
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- a belief that can guide behavior
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- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
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- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
- (dance) A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
- The building or structure containing such machinery.
- A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
- Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
- (figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
- (music) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
- (baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
- The act of windmilling.
- (juggling) The false shower.
- (colloquial, proscribed) A wind turbine, a device for converting wind power into electricity.
- a mill that is powered by the wind
- generator that extracts usable energy from winds
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- To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill).
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of a propeller or turbine rotor) To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
- (intransitive, of a rotating part of a machine) To (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
verb
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
verb
- (chess) To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- attract the attention of
- bestow a quality on
- bring into a different state
- induce or persuade
- advance or set forth in court
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- be accompanied by
- be sold for a certain price
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
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noun
- a coordinated sequence of chess moves
- a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
- a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
- the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
- the act of combining things to form a new whole
- a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
- An object formed by combining.
- Synonym of combinations (A one-piece suit of underwear).
- (motorcycling) A motorcycle and sidecar.
- (billiards) A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
- (chess) An advantageous sequence of forcing or nearly forcing moves, often initiated with a sacrifice.
- The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
- (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
- A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
- An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
- (boxing, martial arts) A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
noun
- (chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
- (by extension, artificial intelligence) A human and an AI who work together.
- (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
- (astronomy, also capitalized) One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
- (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
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- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
adj
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
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noun
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
noun
- (board games, chess) The person playing with the white set of pieces.
- (countable and uncountable) White wine.
- (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
- The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of white bread
- A white pigment.
- A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
- The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
- Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
- (countable and uncountable) White coffee
- (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- (slang, US, UK) Cocaine.
- A white bean.
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- (board games) the lighter pieces
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
adj
- Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
- (now less common and often offensive) Honourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
- (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
- (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
- Characterised by the presence of snow.
- Relatively light or pale in colour.
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
- (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
- (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
- (of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
- (sometimes capitalized) By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- (of an animal) Affected by leucism.
- Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- glowing white with heat
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- benevolent; without malicious intent
- restricted to whites only
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- marked by the presence of snow
- (of hair) having lost its color
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
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- An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Illinois.
- A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County and Wyoming County, West Virginia.
- A township in Posey County, Indiana; from the surname.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri.
- A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
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- Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
- Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
- (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
- (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
- Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
- of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (chess) An instance of castling.
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- a large and stately mansion
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
verb
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
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- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
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- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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- (slang, chess) A chess piece.
- A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
- (slang) One who uses steroids.
- A (citrus) reamer.
- (slang) An alcoholic.
- A person who extracts juice for consumption.
- (slang, film) An electrician.
- a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
noun
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
verb
verb
- (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
- (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
- (transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- find unexpectedly
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see for the first time; make a discovery
noun
- (countable, chess) Initialism of FIDE Master.
- (countable, aviation) Initialism of fan marker.
- (countable) Initialism of foreign minister.
- (uncountable) Initialism of frequency modulation; radio programming that is broadcast in this form.
- Initialism of foreign ministry.
- (countable, military) Initialism of field marshal.
- (pathology) Initialism of fibromyalgia.
- (countable) Initialism of first minister.
- (countable) Initialism of finance minister.
- Initialism of first ministry.
- Initialism of finance ministry.
- (countable) Initialism of field manual.
- modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
noun
name
noun
- the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
- the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
- (video games) The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
- (figuratively) The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
- (crosswording) The thematic element of an advanced cryptic crossword puzzle, typically solved after completing the grid.
- (bridge) The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
- (chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
- (by extension) The final stage of any game.
adj
noun
- A chess player.
- A surfer.
- (basketball) A basketball player who excels at rebounds.
- (nautical) One who rides on the boards of a log canoe in order to balance it.
- A record producer; one who works a mixing board.
- (nautical) A sailor on a smack whose job is to bait and shoot the lines
- One who assembles the frames of a ship.
noun
- (chess) The player moving the white pieces.
- Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”).
- (historical, politics) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
- a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
adj
name
- A city in South Dakota; named for its first European settler.
- A ghost town in Missouri; named for a local mining official.
- A minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.
- An unincorporated community in Washington; named for a Washington state judge.
- A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
noun
- (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
- (European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.
- (especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
- (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
verb
noun
- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
verb
- (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- keep an account of
- have faith or confidence in
- judge to be probable
- predict in advance
noun
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
- A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
- One who, or that which, retracts.
- (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.
- A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
- In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
noun
adj
noun
- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (photography) The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- A product that sells well.
- a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
- someone who moves
- (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
- workman employed by a moving company
noun
- (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
- Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
- (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
- The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
noun
- A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
- (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
- (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
- a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
noun
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- a belief that can guide behavior
noun
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
adj
verb
noun
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
- (dance) A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
- The building or structure containing such machinery.
- A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
- Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- (basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
- (figurative) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
- (music) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
- (baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
- The act of windmilling.
- (juggling) The false shower.
- (colloquial, proscribed) A wind turbine, a device for converting wind power into electricity.
- a mill that is powered by the wind
- generator that extracts usable energy from winds
verb
- To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill).
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of a propeller or turbine rotor) To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
- (intransitive, of a rotating part of a machine) To (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
noun
- a coordinated sequence of chess moves
- a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
- a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
- the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
- the act of combining things to form a new whole
- a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
- An object formed by combining.
- Synonym of combinations (A one-piece suit of underwear).
- (motorcycling) A motorcycle and sidecar.
- (billiards) A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
- (chess) An advantageous sequence of forcing or nearly forcing moves, often initiated with a sacrifice.
- The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
- (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
- A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
- An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
- (boxing, martial arts) A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
noun
- (chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
- (by extension, artificial intelligence) A human and an AI who work together.
- (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
- (astronomy, also capitalized) One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
- (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
noun
- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
noun
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
adj
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
verb
noun
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
noun
- (board games, chess) The person playing with the white set of pieces.
- (countable and uncountable) White wine.
- (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
- The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of white bread
- A white pigment.
- A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
- The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
- Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
- (countable and uncountable) White coffee
- (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- (slang, US, UK) Cocaine.
- A white bean.
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- (board games) the lighter pieces
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
adj
- Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
- (now less common and often offensive) Honourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
- (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
- (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
- Characterised by the presence of snow.
- Relatively light or pale in colour.
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
- (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
- (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
- (of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
- (sometimes capitalized) By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- (of an animal) Affected by leucism.
- Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- glowing white with heat
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- benevolent; without malicious intent
- restricted to whites only
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- marked by the presence of snow
- (of hair) having lost its color
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
verb
noun
adj
name
- An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Illinois.
- A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County and Wyoming County, West Virginia.
- A township in Posey County, Indiana; from the surname.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri.
- A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
- Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
- (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
- (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
- Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
- of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (chess) An instance of castling.
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- a large and stately mansion
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
verb
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
noun
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
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- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
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- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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- (slang, chess) A chess piece.
- A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
- (slang) One who uses steroids.
- A (citrus) reamer.
- (slang) An alcoholic.
- A person who extracts juice for consumption.
- (slang, film) An electrician.
- a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
- a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
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- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
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- (countable, chess) Initialism of FIDE Master.
- (countable, aviation) Initialism of fan marker.
- (countable) Initialism of foreign minister.
- (uncountable) Initialism of frequency modulation; radio programming that is broadcast in this form.
- Initialism of foreign ministry.
- (countable, military) Initialism of field marshal.
- (pathology) Initialism of fibromyalgia.
- (countable) Initialism of first minister.
- (countable) Initialism of finance minister.
- Initialism of first ministry.
- Initialism of finance ministry.
- (countable) Initialism of field manual.
- modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
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- the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
- the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
- (video games) The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
- (figuratively) The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
- (crosswording) The thematic element of an advanced cryptic crossword puzzle, typically solved after completing the grid.
- (bridge) The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
- (chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
- (by extension) The final stage of any game.
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- A chess player.
- A surfer.
- (basketball) A basketball player who excels at rebounds.
- (nautical) One who rides on the boards of a log canoe in order to balance it.
- A record producer; one who works a mixing board.
- (nautical) A sailor on a smack whose job is to bait and shoot the lines
- One who assembles the frames of a ship.
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- (chess) The player moving the white pieces.
- Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”).
- (historical, politics) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
- a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
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- A city in South Dakota; named for its first European settler.
- A ghost town in Missouri; named for a local mining official.
- A minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.
- An unincorporated community in Washington; named for a Washington state judge.
- A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
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- (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
- (European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.
- (especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
- (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
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- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
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- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
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- (chess) To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- attract the attention of
- bestow a quality on
- bring into a different state
- induce or persuade
- advance or set forth in court
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- be accompanied by
- be sold for a certain price
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
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- (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
- (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
- (transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- find unexpectedly
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see for the first time; make a discovery
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- (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- keep an account of
- have faith or confidence in
- judge to be probable
- predict in advance