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noun
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
- a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
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
- (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
- An accompaniment in music.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- Evidence.
- Something which supports.
- Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- Financial or other help.
- A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
verb
- To keep from falling.
- To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- To help, particularly financially.
- To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
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
- A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
verb
noun
- the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
- the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the essential quality of something
- the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
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
noun
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a range of frequencies between two limits
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
verb
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 form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
- A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
- A card game that combines several different contracts.
- A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
noun
- The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- The music of a movie or play.
- In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- Subject.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- A prostitute's client.
- A sexual conquest.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- Twenty, 20.
verb
- To extract a bribe.
- To earn points in a game.
- To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- To win money by gambling.
- To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
- To obtain something desired.
- To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To acquire or gain.
- To obtain a sexual favor.
intj
noun
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
- Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
noun
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
verb
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To fish with a jig.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
noun
- A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
- A square bracket.
- The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
- A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
- An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
- A forked support; a crotch.
noun
- (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
- emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
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
- a short section of a musical composition
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a journey usually by ship
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the act of passing something to another person
noun
verb
noun
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- the interval between two times
- a blank area
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
verb
noun
- The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
- The fifth gear of an engine.
- A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)
- The person or thing in the fifth position.
- One of five equal parts of a whole.
adj
verb
noun
- A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- A single shot of espresso.
- An instance of soloing the football.
adj
verb
- To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
- To perform a solo.
adv
noun
- a layering of musical texture
- the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest
- society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata
- process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur; most often the process involves exposure to cold in which case it may also be called cold treatment
- the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
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