major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
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 |
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 |
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 |
major league big league majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) |
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 |
pipe major | the chief piper in a band of bagpipes |
sergeant major command sergeant major | a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army |
Major John Major John R. Major John Roy Major | British statesman who was prime minister fromuntil (born in ) |
Scipio Scipio Africanus Scipio Africanus Major Publius Cornelius Scipio Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major Scipio the Elder | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa - BC) |
large periwinkle Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
pitch apple strangler fig Clusia rosea Clusia major | a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers |
broad-leaved plantain common plantain white-man's foot whiteman's foot cart-track plant Plantago major | common European perennial naturalized worldwide, a troublesome weed |
greater masterwort Astrantia major | European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers |
grand mal generalized seizure epilepsia major | a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body |
grand mal epilepsy grand mal generalized epilepsy epilepsia major | epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking |
smallpox variola variola major | a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars |
Cooley's anemia Cooley's anaemia thalassemia major thalassaemia major | a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin, skeletal deformations, heart and spleen and liver enlarged |
affective disorder major affective disorder emotional disorder emotional disturbance | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
major depressive episode | (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction |
major fast day | one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar |
major | have as one's principal field of study, She is majoring in linguistics |
major | greater in number or size or amount, a major portion (a majority) of the population, Ursa Major, a major portion of the winnings |
major | greater in scope or effect, a major contribution, a major improvement, a major break with tradition, a major misunderstanding |
major | of full legal age |
major | of a scale or mode, major scales, the key of D major |