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noun
- a person who is in charge
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- a single domestic animal
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- the top of something
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- an individual person
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a rounded compact mass
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- a difficult juncture
- forward movement
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the subject matter at issue
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- the striking part of a tool
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- oral stimulation of the genitals
verb
noun
- A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
- The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
- A powerful ruler or tyrant.
- An exceedingly handsome man.
- An idol.
- Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
- A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
- A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
verb
noun
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
adj
noun
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- A commissioned officer.
verb
noun
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A winding or spiral staircase.
- A bad habit.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
adj
noun
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- A male dominant.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- A skilled artist.
- Someone who employs others.
- A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- A person holding such a degree.
- The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- An expert at something.
- A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
adj
verb
noun
- A position of control or leadership.
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
- A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
verb
noun
- A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
- A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).
- A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
- A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.
verb
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- 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 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
noun
- 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 announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- 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.)
adj
noun
- Authority.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- A person (or legal person).
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- Reputation.
verb
noun
- One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
- One who exerts power, or has the power to act
- An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
- The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- Someone who works for an intelligence agency
- A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
- In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
- A person who looks for work for another person
noun
- A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
- A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
- A janitor.
- The head of a Sunday school.
- The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
- In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
adj
noun
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
noun
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- Wife.
- An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A term of address to a man.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
verb
- To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
- To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
adj
verb
- command with authority
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- govern or manage
- take somebody somewhere
- cause to go somewhere
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- put an address on (an envelope)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
adv
adj
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
adj
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
noun
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- An order to do something.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- A command performance.
- A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
verb
- To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- To hold, to control the use of.
- To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
verb
noun
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
noun
- One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
- A cafeteria at a movie studio.
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- The judge in a commissary court.
- An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
- A higher-ranking police officer.
- An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
- An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
noun
- A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement.
- The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
- A second or third degree male witch in Wicca.
- In the Bible, the male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Always a descendant of Aaron the older brother of Moses.
- Jesus Christ.
noun
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- express in words
- report or maintain
- express a supposition
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- communicate or express nonverbally
- utter aloud
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- indicate
noun
noun
- One who controls something.
- An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
noun
- the act of governing; exercising authority
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of administering medication
- the tenure of a president
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- make a request for something
- issue commands or orders for
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- bring order to or into
- place in a certain order
- appoint to a clerical posts
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- assign a rank or rating to
noun
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- established customary state (especially of society)
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
verb
- To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- To enjoy a commanding position in some field
- To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- To overlook from a height.
- To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
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noun
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