leitmotif
mythos
golden thread
thread
common thread
multithemed
theme
countertheme
staple
motif
motive
thema
leed
idée fixe
rhematic
burden
comment
theming
idea
rheme
message
minitheme
themed
topic
running gag
running joke
themelet
genre painting
bithematic
head
overcome
thematicize
statement
subsidiary
darkfic
keynote
refresher
variation
fanfarelike
metatrope
reiterative
topos
thematical
polythematic
subject
lead
lay
ballad
recursion
sadfic
for old times' sake
recurrently
seminarrative
segue
theme tune
catchcry
retrocognitive
tropology
frequentative
reprise
redux
thematic
repeat
common currency
recapitulate
reprize
monothematic
mantra
homoerotics
nag
thematise
topical
hell
foot-tapping
themelessness
thematically
reminding
develop
rundown
drill
recapitulation
lecturette
minilecture
refreshingly
keep one's eye on the ball
repeating
comes
amusement
entertainment
now for
discussion
refreshfully
hindsightly
thematist
multithemed
rhematic
themed
bithematic
fanfarelike
thematical
polythematic
seminarrative
retrocognitive
frequentative
thematic
monothematic
topical
foot-tapping
recurrently
thematically
refreshingly
refreshfully
hindsightly
leitmotif
mythos
golden thread
thread
common thread
countertheme
staple
motif
motive
thema
leed
idée fixe
burden
comment
theming
idea
rheme
message
minitheme
topic
running gag
running joke
themelet
genre painting
head
overcome
statement
subsidiary
darkfic
keynote
refresher
variation
metatrope
reiterative
topos
subject
lead
lay
ballad
recursion
sadfic
theme tune
catchcry
tropology
redux
common currency
mantra
homoerotics
nag
themelessness
reminding
rundown
recapitulation
lecturette
minilecture
repeating
comes
frequentative
amusement
entertainment
discussion
thematist
repeat
theme
thematicize
segue
reprise
repeat
recapitulate
reprize
thematise
develop
drill
keep one's eye on the ball
noun
- A recurring theme; a motif.
- A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.
- A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.
- Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
noun
- A continued theme or idea.
- A sequence of connections.
- A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
- A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
- A screw thread.
- A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
- Composition; quality; fineness.
verb
verb
- To give a theme to.
- To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
noun
- The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- The stem of a word.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
noun
- A recurring topic or character.
- A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- A small pit.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
adj
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
verb
noun
- A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
- In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
- A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
- A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
- A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
- A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
- The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
noun
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
adj
noun
noun
- A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
- A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
- Patter; rigmarole.
- The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
- Language; tongue.
- A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
noun
- Theme, core idea.
- A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- A responsibility, onus.
- The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- A heavy load.
verb
noun
- A musical theme or melodic subject.
- An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
noun
noun
noun
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
adj
noun
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- a nonverbal message
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a document showing credits and debits
noun
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- the process of varying or being varied
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
adj
noun
- The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
- That of which something is stated.
- An actor; one who takes action.
- A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
verb
- To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
- To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
adj
noun
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
verb
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A repeated complaint or reminder.
- Someone or something that nags.
- A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
- An old, useless horse.
- A small horse; a pony.
verb
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
- a nagging pain in his left knee
- To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
adj
- Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
- Applied to a localized part of the body.
- Local to a particular place
- Relating to a particular topic or subject.
- Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
- Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
noun
- A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.
- A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.
- A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
- A topical anaesthetic.
intj
- Used to emphasize.
- Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.
- Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.
verb
noun
- A place or situation of great suffering in life.
- A place for gambling.
- An extremely hot place.
- Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
- In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
- Something extremely painful or harmful (to)
adv
name
noun
verb
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- work out
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- change the use of and make available or usable
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- create by training and teaching
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- become technologically advanced
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- generate gradually
- grow emotionally or mature
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- happen
- expand in the form of a series
noun
- A rough outline of a topic or situation.
- A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
- A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet.
- A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
- A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
verb
- To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- To shoot; to kill.
- To hit or kick with a lot of power.
noun
- A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
- A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
- A row of seed sown in a furrow.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
- A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
- A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
- An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
noun
- (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
- emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
noun
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