English words for '30 grams.'
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noun
- 10 grams
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
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- 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- the basic unit of money in Armenia
- (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
- (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
- Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
noun
- a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
- A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
- (cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- (figurative) Any small amount, a little bit.
noun
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
verb
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
noun
- The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
- The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- A speed of 100 mph.
- Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
- The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- 100 pounds sterling.
- The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
- (HVAC) A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
- The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
- (darts, snooker, etc.) 100 points.
- (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
- Fashionable society; those in style.
- (cricket) 100 runs.
- Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
noun
- 30 to 300 kilohertz
- Initialism of lesbian female.
- (computing) Initialism of line feed.
- (architecture, engineering, construction) Initialism of linear feet.
- (linguistics) Initialism of logical form.
- (electronics, telecommunications) Initialism of low frequency.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of light field.
- Initialism of left foot.
- (baseball) Initialism of left field or left fielder.
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- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- (pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
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- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
- (colloquial, often as a term of endearment) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- a slight but appreciable amount
verb
noun
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- a cereal grass
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- One of the branches of a valley or river.
- (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
- (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
- (historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The fangs of a tooth.
- (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The groin; crotch.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
- (countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- (dialectal) A fork in a river valley or ravine.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
- (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- (countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- An arm of a cross.
- A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- (dialectal) The branch of a family; clan.
- (astronautics) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
- (dialectal) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.
verb
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- thoroughly work in
- become granular
- form into grains
- (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
- (transitive) To feed grain to.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- (tanning) To soften leather.
- To yield fruit.
- (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
- (pharmacy) One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).
- One sixteenth (1⁄16) of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).
noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
- The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
- A coin worth one drachma.
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- (grammar) A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
- (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
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- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
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- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
- One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
- one thousand tons
- a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT
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- (cooking) A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
- (cooking) A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
- (cooking) A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
- (cooking) A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
- (cooking) A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
noun
- One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
- One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
- One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- one million tons
- a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT
adj
- Holding 1.5 ounces.
- Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
- Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
- Unique; occurring only once.
- (research design) Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
- Involving a single gunshot.
- (sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
noun
- (electronics) A monostable multivibrator.
- A single appearance by a performer.
- (video games) A player that can be killed in a single hit.
- (television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
- A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
- (fandom slang) A fanfic of only one chapter.
- A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
- (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
- (programming) A programmable interval timer.
- (music) A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
- Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
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- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system
- in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
- A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel).
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system
- a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- (Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
- (historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
- (UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).
- (historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
verb
- determine the weight of
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have a certain weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- (transitive) To consider a subject.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
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- weight to be borne or conveyed
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- A responsibility, onus.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- Theme, core idea.
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- A heavy load.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- (blasting) The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
verb
- weight down with a load
- present with a bias
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
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- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a unit used to measure weight
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- Weight class
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
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- 10 grams
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
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- 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- the basic unit of money in Armenia
- (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
- (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
- Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
noun
- a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
- A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
- (cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- (figurative) Any small amount, a little bit.
noun
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
verb
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
noun
- The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
- The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- A speed of 100 mph.
- Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
- The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- 100 pounds sterling.
- The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
- (HVAC) A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
- The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
- (darts, snooker, etc.) 100 points.
- (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
- Fashionable society; those in style.
- (cricket) 100 runs.
- Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
noun
- 30 to 300 kilohertz
- Initialism of lesbian female.
- (computing) Initialism of line feed.
- (architecture, engineering, construction) Initialism of linear feet.
- (linguistics) Initialism of logical form.
- (electronics, telecommunications) Initialism of low frequency.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of light field.
- Initialism of left foot.
- (baseball) Initialism of left field or left fielder.
adj
prep_phrase
verb
noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- (pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
verb
noun
noun
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
- (colloquial, often as a term of endearment) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- a slight but appreciable amount
verb
noun
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- a cereal grass
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- One of the branches of a valley or river.
- (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
- (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
- (historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The fangs of a tooth.
- (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The groin; crotch.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
- (countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- (dialectal) A fork in a river valley or ravine.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
- (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- (countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- An arm of a cross.
- A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- (dialectal) The branch of a family; clan.
- (astronautics) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
- (dialectal) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.
verb
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- thoroughly work in
- become granular
- form into grains
- (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
- (transitive) To feed grain to.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- (tanning) To soften leather.
- To yield fruit.
- (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
- (pharmacy) One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).
- One sixteenth (1⁄16) of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).
noun
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
- The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
- A coin worth one drachma.
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- (grammar) A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
- (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
adj
noun
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
- One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
- one thousand tons
- a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT
noun
- One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
- One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
- One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- one million tons
- a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system
- in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
- A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel).
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system
- a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- (Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (about 45.4 kg).
- (historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
- (UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (eight stone or about 50.8 kg).
- (historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
verb
- determine the weight of
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have a certain weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- (transitive) To consider a subject.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
noun
verb
noun
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- A responsibility, onus.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- Theme, core idea.
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- A heavy load.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- (blasting) The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
verb
- weight down with a load
- present with a bias
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
noun
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a unit used to measure weight
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- Weight class
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
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adj
noun
- (cooking) A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
- (cooking) A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
- (cooking) A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
- (cooking) A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
- (cooking) A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
adj
- Holding 1.5 ounces.
- Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
- Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
- Unique; occurring only once.
- (research design) Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
- Involving a single gunshot.
- (sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
noun
- (electronics) A monostable multivibrator.
- A single appearance by a performer.
- (video games) A player that can be killed in a single hit.
- (television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
- A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
- (fandom slang) A fanfic of only one chapter.
- A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
- (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
- (programming) A programmable interval timer.
- (music) A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
- Something that occurs only once; a one-off.