foredge
fore edge
backbone
spine
band
binding
back
midbook
half binding
lacing
backlining
half-bound
cover
book binding
uncut
tailband
hardcovered
fat fantasy
catchword
title
softcover
endband
flyleaf
endboard
headband
springback
midposterior
place
marginally
headcap
prelims
dosser
thumb index
Maas's law
sidely
front matter
gilt-edged
bookmark
center
postmaxillary
midchapter
folio
dog-ear
prie-dieu
bookflap
frontispiece
interpage
rubric
posteriad
retromaxillary
border
vignette
bookchest
sexto
subfascial
marginal
bookend
artbook
backwing
briefman
headbander
softback
soft-cover book
soft-cover
smuggler's bible
subcentrosomal
boards
softback book
string
antero-internal
body matter
fasciculus
paper-back book
back matter
posteroparietal
paperback book
softcovered
creep
end matter
paperback
cut
fascicule
clothback
aback of
rhesis
pop-up book
postcondylar
half-bound
midbook
uncut
hardcovered
midposterior
sidely
gilt-edged
postmaxillary
midchapter
interpage
retromaxillary
subfascial
marginal
subcentrosomal
antero-internal
posteroparietal
softcovered
cut
postcondylar
midbook
marginally
posteriad
foredge
fore edge
backbone
spine
band
binding
back
half binding
lacing
backlining
cover
book binding
tailband
fat fantasy
catchword
title
softcover
endband
flyleaf
midbook
endboard
headband
springback
place
headcap
prelims
dosser
thumb index
front matter
bookmark
center
folio
dog-ear
prie-dieu
bookflap
frontispiece
rubric
border
vignette
bookchest
sexto
bookend
artbook
backwing
briefman
headbander
softback
soft-cover book
soft-cover
smuggler's bible
boards
softback book
string
body matter
fasciculus
paper-back book
back matter
paperback book
creep
end matter
paperback
fascicule
clothback
rhesis
pop-up book
noun
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
noun
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- any sharply pointed projection
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
noun
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money
- A marching band.
- A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
- A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
verb
noun
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
adj
noun
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- Effort, usually physical.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
postp
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
noun
- The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
- Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
- The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
- A beating as punishment; a hiding.
- The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
- That with which something is laced.
noun
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
verb
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- form a cover over
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- provide for
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- travel across or pass over
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- hide from view or knowledge
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- put something on top of something else
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- sit on (eggs)
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
noun
- The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- A short title.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
- A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
- A division of an act of law
- Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- A long title.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- A publication.
- The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
verb
noun
noun
- the passage that is being read
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- an abstract mental location
- a general vicinity
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- proper or appropriate position or location
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a blank area
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
- assign a rank or rating to
- assign a location to
- to arrange for
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to (a job or a home)
- locate
- estimate
- identify the location or place of
- make an investment
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- sing a note with the correct pitch
noun
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
verb
- To give (something) a central basis.
- To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
adj
noun
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- a leaf of a book or manuscript
- A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
verb
noun
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A flourish after a signature.
- Red ochre.
- A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
- The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
- A title of a category or a class.
- An established rule or custom; a guideline.
verb
adj
noun
- The outer edge of something.
- A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
verb
noun
- Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
- Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
- A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
verb
adj
- Written in the margin of a book.
- Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- Barely productive.
- Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
noun
noun
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A stringed instrument.
- The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A series of items or events.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- A thread
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- A stringcourse.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
verb
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To put strings on (something).
- To put (items) on a string.
noun
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
verb
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
adj
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
adj
- with parts removed
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- mixed with water
verb
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
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