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- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
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- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
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- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
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- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- a domain in which something is dominant
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
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- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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- A royalty.
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
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- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
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- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
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- The crown of a monarch.
- 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.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (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.
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- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
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- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
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- (law) The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
- Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
- (baseball, cricket) Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
- (chess) Abbreviation of rook.
- (geometry) Symbol for radius.
- (especially in university catalogs) Abbreviation of Thursday.
- (monarchy) Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
- (handbells) Abbreviation of ring.
- the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
- (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
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- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
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- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
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- A royal dukedom.
- A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
- Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
- A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
- A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Waikato, New Zealand.
- A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
- A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
- A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States.
- A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.
- A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
- A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
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- A royal dukedom.
- A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
- A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
- The capital city of Scotland.
- A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
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- A royal dukedom.
- A census-designated place in North Carolina.
- A town in New South Wales, Australia.
- A cathedral city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
- A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
- A city in Massachusetts.
- A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- A royal dukedom.
- A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
- A town in Putnam County, New York.
- A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
- A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
- A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
- A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
- A city in Portage County, Ohio.
- A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
- An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
- The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
- A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
- A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
- An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
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- A citizen in a monarchy.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
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- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
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- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
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- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
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- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- (Spanish politics) The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
- (specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
- That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
- The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
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- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
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- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
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- The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
- States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
- A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
- A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
- an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
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- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
noun
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- The spouse of a monarch.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
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- An English dukedom.
- A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).
- (countable) A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
- A surname.
- A local government district with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bedford Township.
- A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A city and township in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
- A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Missouri.
- A city in Tarrant County, Texas.
- A town in Westchester County, New York.
- A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, named after Frederick Bedford.
- A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky.
- A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa.
- A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Tennessee.
- A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
- A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
- A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A district of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.
name
- An English dukedom.
- A coastal locality in Tasman, New Zealand, named after the Duke of Bronte.
- A community in the town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
- A surname.
- (Greek mythology) The goddess personifying thunder.
- A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.
- A coastal suburb of Sydney in Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after Bronte House, from the Duke of Bronte.
- (Greek mythology) One of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.
- A town in Coke County, Texas, United States, named after Charlotte Brontë.
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- An English dukedom.
- A ghost town in Washington County, Utah.
- A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A hamlet in Pimhill parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ430189).
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- A town in Rensselaer County, New York.
- A village in Marton cum Grafton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE416633).
- A community in Alnwick/Haldimand township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
- A village and town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
- An inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Windham County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A rural community of Kings County, Nova Scotia.
- A minor city in Jersey County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia.
- A minor city in Worth County, Iowa.
- A city in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
- A community in Northampton parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.
- A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, which includes the settlements of East Grafton and West Grafton.
- A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO496493).
- A hamlet in Grafton and Radcot parish, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2600).
- A city, the county seat of Walsh County, North Dakota.
- A hamlet in Beckford parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO987372).
- A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Grafton Township.
- An unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Virginia.
name
- An English dukedom.
- An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
- Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts, United States.
- An independent city in Virginia, United States; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
- A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
- A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
- A surname.
- (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
- A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
- (historical) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
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- An English dukedom.
- A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
- A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
- A unitary authority in Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
- A town in Saratoga County, New York.
- A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
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- An English dukedom.
- A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of townships, listed under Richmond Township.
- A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
- An urban inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky.
- A city, the county seat of Ray County, Missouri.
- An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
- A town in the region of Estrie, Quebec.
- A city on Lulu Island, in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia.
- A town and locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland.
- A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- A town in south-west Greater London; in full, Richmond upon Thames (OS grid ref TQ1875).
- A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
- A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
- A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
- A small city in Cache County, Utah.
- A small city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
- A sizable port city in Contra Costa County, California.
- A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A town, the seat of Tasman district, in the north of the South Island, New Zealand.
- A minor suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A town in the City of Clarence, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama, also known as Warrenton.
- A surname derived from the English place name.
- A market town in Saint Mary parish, Jamaica.
- A suburb and ward in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4085).
- A town in Chittenden County, Vermont.
- A former urban neighbourhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- A town in Ontario County, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas.
- A small settlement in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.
- A tiny city in Franklin County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Little River County, Arkansas.
- A city in Macomb County and St. Clair County, Michigan.
- A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
- A town and census-designated place in Sagadahoc County, Maine.
- A village and former municipality of Ottawa, Ontario.
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- The capital city of Virginia.
- A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A town in the Karoo region, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- An unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Oregon.
- A town and unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- A residential neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
- A neighborhood of San Francisco, California; in full, Richmond District.
- A market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1701).
name
- An English dukedom.
- A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
- A village in the Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.
- A city in Oconee County, South Carolina.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A ghost town in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
- A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- The abbey of Westminster.
- An unincorporated community in Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio.
- The Palace of Westminster
- A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of the borough of Westminster.
- The City of Westminster: a London borough of Greater London including the principal offices of the British government.
- A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
- A city in Orange County, California.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly a city in Collin County, Texas.
- (colloquial, metonymic) The British parliament, based at the Palace of Westminster.
- A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.
- A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.
- A city in Adams County and Jefferson County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
noun
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
verb
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
noun
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- a domain in which something is dominant
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
noun
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
adj
verb
noun
- A royalty.
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
noun
- The crown of a monarch.
- 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.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (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
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
adj
noun
- (law) The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
- Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
- (baseball, cricket) Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
- (chess) Abbreviation of rook.
- (geometry) Symbol for radius.
- (especially in university catalogs) Abbreviation of Thursday.
- (monarchy) Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
- (handbells) Abbreviation of ring.
- the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
- (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
adj
character
name
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pron
noun
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
noun
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- (Spanish politics) The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
- (specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
- That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
- The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
name
noun
- The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
- States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
- A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
- A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
- an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
adj
name
verb
noun
- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
noun
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- The spouse of a monarch.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
verb
adj
noun
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
verb
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
verb
- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
adj
noun
- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
adj
- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
noun
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.