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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
adv
adj
- Coming before (all) others in time.
- Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
- Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
- (nautical) Closest to the bow.
- preceding all others in spatial position
- situated closest to the bow
- ranking above all others
adj
- of the greatest importance
- having crucial relevance
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
- of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- (slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- Very important; of high importance.
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
- basic and fundamental
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
- (biology) Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
- (geometry) Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
- Having the nature of essence; not physical.
- (medicine) Idiopathic.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Necessary.
- Really existing; existent.
noun
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
noun
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
adj
noun
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a seat of government
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
adj
noun
- The principal part or top of anything.
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
verb
adj
- most important element
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
noun
- any very large body of (salt) water
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- (nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail.
- (not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- (Internet slang) A main account.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- (now poetic) The high seas.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
adv
verb
adj
noun
- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- Ellipsis of master key.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
verb
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
adj
- most important element
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (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
noun
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- A main character or lead actor.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
adj
noun
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
adj
- Very important.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life
adj
- Of greatest importance; primary.
- (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
- Being the first in time or in history.
- serving as an essential component
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
noun
verb
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
- the most important or necessary part of something
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the most important or necessary part of something
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
adj
- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.
- Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
- serving as an essential component
- being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
noun
- (now historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.
- (Roman Catholicism) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
- Ellipsis of cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.
- Ellipsis of cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant.
- (grammar) Ellipsis of cardinal numeral, a word used to represent a cardinal number.
- (mathematics) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
- A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)
- Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)
- a variable color averaging a vivid red
- crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
phrase
adj
- being of crucial importance
- extremely cold
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
- of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
- having a pair of equal and opposite charges
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
- (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
- (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
- (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
- (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
noun
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
- Important, consequential.
- of major significance or importance
- (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
- (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.
- Impressive or striking.
- (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
- Taking much space; large.
- (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.
- Much in use; favoured.
- (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
- Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
- excellent
- uppercase
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
adv
intj
noun
- (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
- (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
- A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
adj
noun
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
adj
noun
- (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood.
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- a verb in the imperative mood.
- some duty that is essential and urgent
pron
noun
verb
adj
- More important or significant.
- (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
- earlier in time
adv
noun
- An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
- The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
- (by extension) In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
- The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
- (Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
- The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
- In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
- The head friar of a house of friars.
- A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
- (Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
adj
- Extremely important.
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
noun
adj
- Extremely important; essential.
- Forming a constituent part of something else.
- Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office.
- (biochemistry) Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.
- Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
noun
- An important or main item.
- (music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- (statistics, machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- (linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
- (film) Ellipsis of feature film.
- the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
- an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
- a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
verb
adj
- of critical importance and consequence
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
noun
verb
noun
- The top; the thing most prized.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- The crown of a monarch.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
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
noun
noun
- The most conspicuous part.
- The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
- (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- The side of a building with the main entrance.
- (UK) A seafront or coastal promenade.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
- The beginning.
- (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- (military) The direction of the enemy.
- (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- A field of activity.
- (historical) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- the line along which opposing armies face each other
- the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
- a sphere of activity involving effort
- the side that is seen or that goes first
- a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- the outward appearance of a person
- the side that is forward or prominent
- the immediate proximity of someone or something
adj
- Located at or near the front.
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).
- relating to or located in the front
intj
verb
- (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
- (transitive, slang) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
- (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
- (ambitransitive, multiplicity) Of an alter in a person with multiplicity (especially in dissociative identity disorder): to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the person's body.
- (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
- (transitive) To appear before.
- (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
- (transitive or intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone).
- (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
- (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
- (transitive) To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- confront bodily
noun
- Relative importance.
- (astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
- (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
- A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
- relative importance or fame
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
adj
- of major significance or importance
- owed as a debt
- distinguished from others in excellence
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- Owed as a debt.
- Projecting outwards.
- Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.
- Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
- Unresolved; not settled or finished.
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
- relative importance
- the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
- (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
- (countable) A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
- (countable) An order of magnitude.
- (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
- (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
- (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
verb
noun
- a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
- a reason for wanting something done
- (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
- a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
- (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
- (uncountable) Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
- (countable) Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
- (historical, usually attributive) A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.
- (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
- (uncountable, finance) Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
- (often in the plural) The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
- (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
- (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
noun
intj
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
- the most important or necessary part of something
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the most important or necessary part of something
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
pron
noun
verb
noun
- An important or main item.
- (music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- (statistics, machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- (linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
- (film) Ellipsis of feature film.
- the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
- an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
- a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
verb
noun
- The top; the thing most prized.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- The crown of a monarch.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
noun
- The most conspicuous part.
- The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
- (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- The side of a building with the main entrance.
- (UK) A seafront or coastal promenade.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
- The beginning.
- (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- (military) The direction of the enemy.
- (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- A field of activity.
- (historical) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- the line along which opposing armies face each other
- the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
- a sphere of activity involving effort
- the side that is seen or that goes first
- a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- the outward appearance of a person
- the side that is forward or prominent
- the immediate proximity of someone or something
adj
- Located at or near the front.
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).
- relating to or located in the front
intj
verb
- (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
- (transitive, slang) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
- (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
- (ambitransitive, multiplicity) Of an alter in a person with multiplicity (especially in dissociative identity disorder): to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the person's body.
- (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
- (transitive) To appear before.
- (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
- (transitive or intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone).
- (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
- (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
- (transitive) To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- confront bodily
noun
- Relative importance.
- (astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
- (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
- A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
- relative importance or fame
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
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
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a seat of government
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
noun
- relative importance
- the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
- (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
- (countable) A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
- (countable) An order of magnitude.
- (uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- (mathematics) Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
- (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
- (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
noun
intj
adj
noun
- The principal part or top of anything.
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
verb
verb
noun
- a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
- a reason for wanting something done
- (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
- a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
- (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
- (uncountable) Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
- (countable) Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
- (historical, usually attributive) A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.
- (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
- (uncountable, finance) Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
- (often in the plural) The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
- (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
- (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
adv
adj
- Coming before (all) others in time.
- Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
- Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
- (nautical) Closest to the bow.
- preceding all others in spatial position
- situated closest to the bow
- ranking above all others
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
- of the greatest importance
- having crucial relevance
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
- of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- (slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- Very important; of high importance.
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
- basic and fundamental
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
- (biology) Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
- (geometry) Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
- Having the nature of essence; not physical.
- (medicine) Idiopathic.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Necessary.
- Really existing; existent.
noun
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
noun
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
adj
noun
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a seat of government
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
adj
noun
- The principal part or top of anything.
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
verb
adj
- most important element
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
noun
- any very large body of (salt) water
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- (nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail.
- (not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- (Internet slang) A main account.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- (now poetic) The high seas.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
adv
verb
adj
noun
- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- Ellipsis of master key.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
verb
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
adj
- most important element
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (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
noun
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- A main character or lead actor.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
adj
noun
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
adj
- Very important.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life
adj
- Of greatest importance; primary.
- (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
- Being the first in time or in history.
- serving as an essential component
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
noun
verb
adj
- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.
- Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
- serving as an essential component
- being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
noun
- (now historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.
- (Roman Catholicism) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
- Ellipsis of cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.
- Ellipsis of cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant.
- (grammar) Ellipsis of cardinal numeral, a word used to represent a cardinal number.
- (mathematics) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
- A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)
- Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)
- a variable color averaging a vivid red
- crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
adj
- being of crucial importance
- extremely cold
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
- of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
- having a pair of equal and opposite charges
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
- (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
- (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
- (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
- (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
noun
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
- Important, consequential.
- of major significance or importance
- (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent.
- (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.
- Impressive or striking.
- (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
- Taking much space; large.
- (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.
- Much in use; favoured.
- (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
- Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
- excellent
- uppercase
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
adv
intj
noun
- (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
- (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
- A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
adj
noun
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
adj
noun
- (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood.
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- a verb in the imperative mood.
- some duty that is essential and urgent
adj
- More important or significant.
- (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
- earlier in time
adv
noun
- An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
- The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
- (by extension) In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
- The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
- (Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
- The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
- In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
- The head friar of a house of friars.
- A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
- (Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
adj
- Extremely important.
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
noun
adj
- Extremely important; essential.
- Forming a constituent part of something else.
- Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office.
- (biochemistry) Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.
- Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
adj
- of critical importance and consequence
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
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
noun
adj
- of major significance or importance
- owed as a debt
- distinguished from others in excellence
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- Owed as a debt.
- Projecting outwards.
- Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.
- Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
- Unresolved; not settled or finished.