Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose |
Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. |
Main (n.) A hand or match at dice. |
Main (n.) A stake played for at dice. |
Main (n.) The largest throw in a match at dice |
Main (n.) A match at cockfighting. |
Main (n.) A main-hamper. |
Main (v.) Strength |
Main (v.) The chief or principal part |
Main (v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. |
Main (v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island |
Main (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones |
Main (a.) Very or extremely strong. |
Main (a.) Vast |
Main (a.) Unqualified |
Main (a.) Principal |
Main (a.) Important |
Main (a.) Very |
Main-gauche (n.) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right |
Main-hamper (n.) A hamper to be carried in the hand |
Main yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. |
Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention |
Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher |
Primary (a.) First in dignity or importance |
Primary (a.) Earliest formed |
Primary (a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree |
Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance |
Primary (n.) A primary meeting |
Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird. |
Primary (n.) A primary planet |
Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree |
Principal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prince |
Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head |
Principal (n.) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory. |
Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety. |
Principal (n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent. |
Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance |
Principal (n.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund |
Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing. |
Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason. |
Principal (n.) A heirloom |
Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. |
Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned. |
Principal (n.) A principal or essential point or rule |
Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished |
Purpose (n.) Proposal to another |
Purpose (n.) Instance |
Purpose (v. t.) To set forth |
Purpose (v. t.) To propose, as an aim, to one's self |
Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention |
primary primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
closed primary | a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote, closed primaries strengthen party unity |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
primary censorship | armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit |
primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
primary primary feather primary quill | one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
gas main | a main that distributes gas |
general-purpose bomb GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
highway main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
main course | a square mainsail |
main deck second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
main drag | the main street of a town or city |
main line | the principal route of a transportation system |
main rotor | rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a singleotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air |
main street high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
main-topmast | the topmast next above the mainmast |
main-topsail | a topsail set on the mainmast |
main yard | yard for a square mainsail |
primary coil primary winding primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
riser riser pipe riser pipeline riser main | a vertical pipe in a building |
sewer main sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
voltaic cell galvanic cell primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
resoluteness firmness firmness of purpose resolve resolution | the trait of being resolute, his resoluteness carried him through the battle, it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work |
determination purpose | the quality of being determined to do or achieve something, firmness of purpose, his determination showed in his every movement, he is a man of purpose |
primary color primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
function purpose role use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
purposefulness sense of purpose | the quality of having a definite purpose |
primary dentition | dentition of deciduous teeth |
primary tooth deciduous tooth baby tooth milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
purpose intent intention aim design | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions, his intent was to provide a new translation, good intentions are not enough, it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs, he made no secret of his designs |
cross-purpose | a contrary aim, at cross-purposes |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
master file main file | (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent |
entree main course | the principal dish of a meal |
main diagonal principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
grade school grammar school elementary school primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
Main Street | any small town (or the people who inhabit it), generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis), Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician |