Hilary term () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year |
Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length |
Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time |
Long (superl.) Slow in passing |
Long (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval |
Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure |
Long (superl.) Far-reaching |
Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance |
Long (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
Long (n.) The longest dimension |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace |
Long (adv.) To a great extent in time |
Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior |
Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. |
Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less |
Long (prep.) By means of |
Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving |
Long (a.) To belong |
Long-armed (a.) Having long arms |
Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time |
Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length. |
Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns |
Long-lived (a.) Having a long life |
Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois. |
Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness. |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance |
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand |
Long-sightedness (n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted |
Long-sightedness (n.) See Hypermetropia. |
Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent. |
Long-suffering (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time |
Long-suffering (n.) Long patience of offense. |
Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck. |
Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue. |
Long-tongued (a.) Talkative |
Long-waisted (a.) Having a long waist |
Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt |
Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed |
Parker (n.) The keeper of a park. |
Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen |
Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays |
Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling |
Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking |
Stay (v. i.) To bear up under |
Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding |
Stay (v. i.) To hinde/ |
Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of |
Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease |
long haul | a journey over a long distance, it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles |
long fly | a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
whist long whist short whist | a card game for four players who form two partnerships, a pack of cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state, they had a nice stay in Paris, a lengthy hospital stay, a four-month stay in bankruptcy court |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
long-eared owl Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
stilt stiltbird longlegs long-legs stilt plover Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
long-eared bat | any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears |
long-horned beetle longicorn longicorn beetle | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
long-horned grasshopper tettigoniid | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
albacore long-fin tunny Thunnus alalunga | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna, reaches pounds and has long pectoral fins, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
bellarmine longbeard long-beard greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
bolster long pillow | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows |
ditch spade long-handled spade | a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches |
jointer jointer plane jointing plane long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together |
long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
long johns | warm underwear with long legs |
long sleeve | a sleeve extending from shoulder to wrist |
long tom | a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy |
long trousers long pants | trousers reaching to the foot |
long underwear union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
stay | (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar |
stay | a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
vaulting horse long horse buck | a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated, used lengthwise for vaulting |
long-sufferance long-suffering | patient endurance of pain or unhappiness |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
long bone os longum | in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow |
long saphenous vein great saphenous vein | the longest vein in the body, runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
term | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial, the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree |
degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
term | a word or expression used for some particular thing, he learned many medical terms |
term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term |
stay | a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted, the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court |
stay of execution | an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time |
f adieu adios arrivederci auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio good-by goodby good-bye goodbye good day sayonara so long | a farewell remark, they said their good-byes |
term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition, the major term of a syllogism must occur twice |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
condition term | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement, the contract set out the conditions of the lease, the terms of the treaty were generous |