| minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
| role | normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting, what is your role on the team? |
| gender role | the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness, your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity |
| close supporting fire | fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it |
| deep supporting fire | fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications |
| direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
| supporting fire | fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat |
| support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
variola minor
variola minor virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about percent |
American woodcock
woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
| minor suit | ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs |
minor tranquilizer
minor tranquillizer
minor tranquilliser
antianxiety drug
anxiolytic
anxiolytic drug | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability |
| supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something |
| supporting tower | a tower that serves to support something |
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? |
pectoralis minor
musculus pectoralis minor
smaller pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
rhomboid minor muscle
lesser rhomboid muscle
musculus rhomboideus minor | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward |
teres minor
teres minor muscle
musculus teres minor | teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally |
character role
theatrical role
part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part
minor role | a small role |
title role
name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
| minor axis | the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid |
semantic role
participant role | (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause |
affected role
patient role
patient | the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
agentive role
agent | the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
benefactive role
beneficiary | the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
instrumental role
instrument | the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |
locative role
locative | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb |
recipient role
recipient | the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
resultant role
result | the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause |
temporal role
temporal | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb |
minor premise
minor premiss
subsumption | the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) |
| minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
minor scale
minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |
minor key
minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
minor-league team
minor-league club | a team that plays in a minor league |
minor league
minors
bush league | a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) |
| ensemble supporting players | a cast other than the principals |
Asia Minor
Anatolia | a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
Canis Minor
Little Dog | a constellation to the east of Orion, contains Procyon |
Little Bear
Ursa Minor | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
minor planet
planetoid | any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun |
actor
histrion
player
thespian
role player | a theatrical performer |
c child
kid
youngster
minor
shaver
nipper
small fry tiddler
tike tyke fry
nestling | a young person of either sex, she writes books for children, they're just kids, `tiddler' is a British term for youngster |
b imposter
impostor
pretender
fake
faker
fraud
sham
shammer
pseudo
pseud
role player | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
minor leaguer
bush leaguer | a player on a minor-league baseball team |
| model role model | someone worthy of imitation, every child needs a role model |
| myrtle Vinca minor | widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers |
common duckweed
lesser duckweed
Lemna minor | of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia |