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adj
- of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
verb
noun
verb
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
adj
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- Involving free radicals.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- Excellent; awesome.
- Produced using the root of the tongue.
- Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
noun
- A root (of a number or quantity).
- In Celtic languages, refers to the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- A person with radical opinions.
- In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- A free radical.
- Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
noun
- Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
- A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
- A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
- Priesthood, clergy.
- Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
- A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
- Appearance; seeming.
noun
- The inherent nature of something.
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- A sovereign or guinea.
- pound sterling (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- the act of chewing such tobacco
- dollar, dollars
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- various national currencies typically known by the name "pound"
- euro
verb
adj
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
noun
adj
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
noun
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
verb
noun
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
adj
verb
noun
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- Semen, jizz.
- Energy, excitement, excitability.
- Nonsense.
verb
noun
- The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
- That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
- Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
- The state or quality of being or existence.
- An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
- A spirit, ghost, or the like.
noun
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
- the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
- any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
adj
noun
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
- a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
- an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
verb
noun
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
verb
noun
- A significant feature of something.
- Constituent substance.
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
- The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
verb
- To include (something) in surrounding matter.
- To encapsulate within another document or data file.
- To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
- To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
noun
- An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
- An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
- An item embedded in another document.
noun
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
adj
- Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
- That will happen at some time; eventual.
- Final; last in a series.
- Last in a word or other utterance.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
- Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
- Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
noun
- Something useful or valuable.
- Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
- Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.
- Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
noun
- Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
- One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
- A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.
- The defensive backs.
- An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
- Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
- A satellite.
- An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
- The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
- A secondary circle.
- A secondary school.
adj
- Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
- Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
- Developed by pressure or other causes.
- Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
- Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
- Of less than primary importance.
- Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
- Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.
- Formed by mixing primary colors.
- Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
noun
- Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
- An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
noun
- The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
- A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
- A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
- An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
- A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
- A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
- The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.
- Used to designate the main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
- The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
- An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
- The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
- A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
- The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
- The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
- The center or inner part of a space or area.
- The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
adj
verb
verb
- constitute the essence of
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
noun
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- a particular type of thing
noun
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- The action or process of defining.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
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noun
- a portion of a natural object
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- the extended spatial location of something
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- an item that is an instance of some type
verb
- go one's own way; move apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
- force, take, or pull apart
adv
noun
- a portion of a natural object
- a separate part of a whole
- an item that is an instance of some type
- a musical work that has been created
- an instance of some kind
- an artistic or literary composition
- a portable gun
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a share of something
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
verb
noun
- the appropriate or desirable thing
- a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
- a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
- a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
verb
noun
- the essential quality of something
- the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
- 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
- the relative importance granted to something
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- 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
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- a unit used to measure weight
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
verb
noun
- The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
- A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).
- A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
- An order of magnitude.
- Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm.
- The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude
- A ratio of intensity expressed as a logarithm.
noun
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
adj
- innermost or essential
- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- concerning things deeply private and personal
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
- involved in a sexual relationship
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
noun
verb
noun
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- A person's name, address and other personal information.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- A selected portion of a painting.
- A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- A temporary unit or assignment.
- A profusion of details.
verb
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