| major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
variola major
variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to percent |
sergeant major
Abudefduf saxatilis | large blue-grey black-striped damselfish, nearly worldwide |
| major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts |
major tranquilizer
major tranquillizer
major tranquilliser
antipsychotic drug
antipsychotic agent
antipsychotic
neuroleptic drug
neuroleptic agent
neuroleptic | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired |
row house
town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls |
| town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
pectoralis major
musculus pectoralis major
greater pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
rhomboideus major muscle
greater rhomboid muscle
musculus rhomboideus major | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column |
teres major
teres major muscle
musculus teres major | teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially |
| major | the principal field of study of a student at a university, her major is linguistics |
| major axis | the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, passes through the two foci |
| major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
major premise
major premiss | the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) |
| major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
major scale
major diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the rd and th and th and th |
major key
major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
C major
C major scale
scale of C major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats |
| major lobe | the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam |
| talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
act of God
force majeure
vis major
inevitable accident
unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
major-league team
major-league club | a team that plays in a major league |
world power
major power
great power
power
superpower | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world |
town
townspeople
townsfolk | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city, the whole town cheered the team |
village
small town
settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
major league
big league
majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) |
| town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
| town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
civic center
municipal center
down town | the center of a city |
county town
shire town | the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire |
| new town | a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation |
| town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city, they drive through town on their way to work |
| boom town | a town enjoying sudden prosperity |
cow town
cowtown | a small town in a cattleaising area of western North America |
| ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
| market town | a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
township
town | an administrative division of a county, the town is responsible for snow removal |
| George Town | the capital of the Cayman Islands |
| Cape Town | port city in southwestern South Africa, the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa |
Boston
Hub of the Universe
Bean Town
Beantown
capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts, a major center for banking and financial services |
Canis Major
Great Dog | a constellation to the southeast of Orion, contains Sirius |
Great Bear
Ursa Major | a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
planet
major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun, viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction |
| drum major | the leader of a marching band or drum corps |
| major | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines, below lieutenant colonel and above captain |
| major | a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject, she is a linguistics major |
major-domo
seneschal | the chief steward or butler of a great household |
| major-general | a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general |
major leaguer
big leaguer | a member of a major-league baseball team |