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noun
- The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
- A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
- The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- Relations among people.
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
- A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
- Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
- One whose employment has been terminated
- Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
verb
adj
verb
noun
- A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
verb
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
adj
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- Protected by a legal patent.
- Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
- Explicit and obvious.
- Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
noun
- The practice of a patent holding company buying a patent, offering a license to its members, and then selling or donating the patent after a certain period.
- A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.
- The immigration policy of releasing illegal immigrants while they await a hearing, rather than detaining them.
- The practice by police of apprehending someone but then letting them go without making an arrest.
noun
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- the act of testing something
- a race run on foot
- an unbroken series of events
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- a regular trip
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- unrestricted freedom to use
- a small stream
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a row of unravelled stitches
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- a short trip
verb
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- have a particular form
- move along, of liquids
- perform as expected when applied
- change or be different within limits
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- be operating, running or functioning
- change from one state to another
- cause to perform
- be affected by; be subjected to
- continue to exist
- occur persistently
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- conduct to completion
- pass over, across, or through
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- make without a miss
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- cause an animal to move fast
- be diffused
- sail before the wind
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- travel a route regularly
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- compete in a race
- progress by being changed
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- become undone
verb
- To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
- To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.
noun
- A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
- A conifer tree.
- A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
adj
- Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
- Of a document, a piece of software, or a dataset, being continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
noun
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- An opportunity for existence.
- A worthwhile existence.
- The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- The most lively component or participant.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- A biography.
- One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Social life.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- The life insurance industry.
- A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- Existence.
- A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
verb
verb
- in US patent law To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder (patent law).
- To join again; to unite after separation.
- To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
- To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
noun
- In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
- The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
- An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
- The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
- The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.
- A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
verb
noun
- The time required to complete a project.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
verb
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
prep
- For (a given length of time).
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- Often used without the hour
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
- Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Indicates a given part.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}}
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to.
- During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
- Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Introduces its subject matter.
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}}
verb
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
adv
adj
- immediately past
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- occurring at the time of death
- conclusive in a process or progression
- highest in extent or degree
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
adj
noun
- the complete duration of something
- the distance or interval between two points
- two items of the same kind
- a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- the act of sitting or standing astride
verb
noun
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- The maximum that can be produced.
- A measure of such ability; volume
- The maximum amount that can be held
- Electrical capacitance.
- Mental ability; the power to learn
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
- The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- A role; the position in which one functions
- Capability; the ability to perform some task
- A faculty; the potential for growth and development
adj
noun
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
noun
- A part of an application that consumes a significant amount of execution time.
- A lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub.
- A location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available.
- A dangerous place of violent political unrest.
- The region of a gene in which there is a higher than normal rate of mutation.
- The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.
- An area of high radioactive contamination.
- A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
- Synonym of heiligenschein (“an optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics”)
- A part of a control (“an interactive interface element”) that responds dynamically as a user moves a pointer over it (for example, a part of an image map that contains a hyperlink which can be clicked on with a cursor).
- A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.
- An infected lesion in dogs or other furry mammals caused by excessive itching
- A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
noun
- Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
- The defendant's answer to the replication.
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- A response that answers another response.
verb
noun
- Length or interval of time.
- Remoteness of place; a remote place.
- The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
- A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
- The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
- A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
- The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- The entire amount of progress to an objective.
- Remoteness in succession or relation.
- The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
verb
noun
- Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
- A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
- The incubation of eggs by a bird.
- A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
- A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
- A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
- A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
- The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
adj
noun
- Duration.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
adj
verb
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
- extend in scope or range or area
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- make available; provide
- thrust or extend out
- reach outward in space
- offer verbally
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- expand the influence of
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- cause to move at full gallop
- open or straighten out; unbend
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- continue or extend
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
verb
- To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
- To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
- To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
- To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
- To make (something) larger.
- To grow larger.
noun
- duration.
- The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- Total extent.
adv
noun
- An entity with a long position in an asset.
- A long-term investment.
- A long vowel.
- A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
- A long syllable.
adj
- Not short; tall.
- Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
- Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring or tedious or tiring.
- Having great duration.
- Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location, as weapons fire or landing aircraft.
- Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
- Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
- Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
verb
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