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noun
- One who solicits.
- In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.
- In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs barristers to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.
- (Canada, US) A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.
- In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.
- a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
noun
noun
- someone employed to conduct others
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
verb
noun
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- A person who reads.
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
noun
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who expresses strong approval
- someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
- (programming) A system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.
- A person undersigned.
- A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.
noun
- someone who pays for goods or services
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- (historical) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- Ellipsis of client state.
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
noun
- someone who pays for goods or services
- A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
- (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
- (India, historical) A native official who exacted customs duties.
noun
verb
noun
- A person who provides services to those engaged in a particular endeavor.
- One who joins a group, movement, or project without being a legitimate member; one who jumps on a bandwagon.
- (chiefly historical) A civilian who follows an army, typically a family member of a soldier or someone who provides services to the soldiers, e.g. prostitution, sale of liquor, cooking and laundry.
- a follower who is not a member of an ingroup
- a prostitute who provides service to military personnel
noun
- someone who works at something specified
- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
- (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
- A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
verb
noun
- One who places or arranges something.
- (gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
- A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
- (by extension) Any place holding treasures.
- (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
- (ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
- an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
adj
noun
- Someone who employs others.
- 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 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.
- 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
adj
verb
- (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.
- 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
noun
- A person who funds an operation.
- A person, family or class that possesses wealth.
- An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- A generally accepted means of exchange.
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- Wealth.
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- the official currency issued by a government or national bank
- wealth reckoned in terms of money
- the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
adj
noun
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
noun
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- the performance of a piece of work
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- the responsibility to do something
- a crime (especially a robbery)
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a workplace; as in the expression ‘on the job’
- (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
- a damaging piece of work
- an object worked on; a result produced by working
- An economic role for which a person is paid.
- (UK, slang, law enforcement, uncountable) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
- (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- (colloquial) A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
- Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
- (in noun compounds) A sex act.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
- A task.
- A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
- (informal) A robbery or heist.
verb
- work occasionally
- invest at a risk
- arranged for contracted work to be done by others
- profit privately from public office and official business
- (transitive) To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
- To hire or let in periods of service.
- (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
- (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
- (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
- (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (transitive, now Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
- (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
noun
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- Alternative form of taisch.
- A single action undertaken by a given agent.
- An objective.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
- Any piece of work done.
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
verb
noun
- A procurator or manager for another.
- (British, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
- (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
- (Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
verb
noun
- a person requiring professional services
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
verb
noun
- (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
- (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
- A position of responsibility.
- (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
- (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
- (Christianity) Last rites.
- (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
- (UK law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office:
- (Protestantism) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
- (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- (UK, Australia, usually capitalized, with clarifying modifier) A ministry or other department of government.
- A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
- (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
- A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
- Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- (chiefly US, medicine) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
- (Catholicism, usually capitalized) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
- (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
- an administrative unit of government
- professional or clerical workers in an office
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a job in an organization
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
noun
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- (law) a party to a contract
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
- a bodily organ that contracts
- A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
- A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
- A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
- A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
noun
- A person who is employed to collect payments.
- (electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
- A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
- A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
- A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers
- (historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
- A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
- a person who collects things
- the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
noun
- One who solicits.
- In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.
- In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs barristers to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.
- (Canada, US) A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.
- In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.
- a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
noun
noun
- someone employed to conduct others
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
verb
noun
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- A person who reads.
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
noun
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who expresses strong approval
- someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
- (programming) A system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.
- A person undersigned.
- A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.
noun
- someone who pays for goods or services
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- (historical) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- Ellipsis of client state.
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
noun
- someone who pays for goods or services
- A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
- (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
- (India, historical) A native official who exacted customs duties.
noun
verb
noun
- A person who provides services to those engaged in a particular endeavor.
- One who joins a group, movement, or project without being a legitimate member; one who jumps on a bandwagon.
- (chiefly historical) A civilian who follows an army, typically a family member of a soldier or someone who provides services to the soldiers, e.g. prostitution, sale of liquor, cooking and laundry.
- a follower who is not a member of an ingroup
- a prostitute who provides service to military personnel
noun
- someone who works at something specified
- someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
- (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
- A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
verb
noun
- One who places or arranges something.
- (gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
- A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
- (by extension) Any place holding treasures.
- (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
- (ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
- an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
adj
noun
- Someone who employs others.
- 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 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.
- 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
adj
verb
- (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.
- 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
noun
- A person who funds an operation.
- A person, family or class that possesses wealth.
- An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- A generally accepted means of exchange.
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- Wealth.
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- the official currency issued by a government or national bank
- wealth reckoned in terms of money
- the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
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noun
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
noun
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- the performance of a piece of work
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- the responsibility to do something
- a crime (especially a robbery)
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a workplace; as in the expression ‘on the job’
- (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
- a damaging piece of work
- an object worked on; a result produced by working
- An economic role for which a person is paid.
- (UK, slang, law enforcement, uncountable) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
- (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- (colloquial) A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
- Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
- (in noun compounds) A sex act.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
- A task.
- A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
- (informal) A robbery or heist.
verb
- work occasionally
- invest at a risk
- arranged for contracted work to be done by others
- profit privately from public office and official business
- (transitive) To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
- To hire or let in periods of service.
- (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
- (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
- (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
- (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (transitive, now Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
- (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
noun
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- Alternative form of taisch.
- A single action undertaken by a given agent.
- An objective.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
- Any piece of work done.
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
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noun
- A procurator or manager for another.
- (British, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
- (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
- (Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
verb
noun
- a person requiring professional services
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
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noun
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
noun
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- (law) a party to a contract
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
- a bodily organ that contracts
- A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
- A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
- A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
- A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
noun
- A person who is employed to collect payments.
- (electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
- A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
- A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
- A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers
- (historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
- A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
- a person who collects things
- the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
verb
noun
- (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
- (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
- A position of responsibility.
- (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
- (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
- (Christianity) Last rites.
- (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
- (UK law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office:
- (Protestantism) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
- (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- (UK, Australia, usually capitalized, with clarifying modifier) A ministry or other department of government.
- A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
- (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
- A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
- Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- (chiefly US, medicine) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
- (Catholicism, usually capitalized) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
- (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
- an administrative unit of government
- professional or clerical workers in an office
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a job in an organization
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities