| capacity | a specified function, he was employed in the capacity of director, he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary |
tall order
large order | a formidable task or requirement, finishing in time was a tall order but we did it |
| capacity | the maximum production possible, the plant is working atper cent capacity |
| large poodle | the largest breed of poodle |
large civet
Viverra zibetha | common civet of India and southeast Asia |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
| capacity | tolerance for alcohol, he had drunk beyond his capacity |
| extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
| large | a garment size for a large person |
| seating capacity | the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. |
| capacity | capability to perform or produce, among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism, limited runway capacity, a great capacity for growth |
| large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum, includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum, extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
capacity
mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
Bernoulli's law
law of large numbers | (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics |
| large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization, he works for a large cap |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
| large person | a person of greater than average size |
capacitance
electrical capacity
capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
southern magnolia
evergreen magnolia
large-flowering magnolia
bull bay
Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
large-leaved magnolia
large-leaved cucumber tree
great-leaved macrophylla
Magnolia macrophylla | large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base |
large periwinkle
Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
large-leaved aster
Aster macrophyllus | tufted perennial wood aster of North America, naturalized in Europe |
large yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
large crabgrass
hairy finger grass
Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
American cranberry
large cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon | trailing red-fruited plant |
Canadian aspen
bigtooth aspen
bigtoothed aspen
big-toothed aspen
large-toothed aspen
large tooth aspen
Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
large-flowered fiddleneck
Amsinckia grandiflora | annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes, a threatened species |
large-flowered calamint
Calamintha grandiflora
Clinopodium grandiflorum
Satureja grandiflora | aromatic herb with large pink flowers, southern and southeastern Europe, Anatolia, northern Iran |
large white petunia
Petunia axillaris | annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
British capacity unit
Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
| metric capacity unit | a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
| field capacity | the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
Calorie kilogram calorie
kilocalorie
large calorie
nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure, used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
| large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten |
| capacity | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive, the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes |
| formatted capacity | (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive, the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk |
| unformatted capacity | (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it |
large indefinite quantity
large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
battalion
large number
multitude
plurality pack | a large indefinite number, a battalion of ants, a multitude of TV antennas, a plurality of religions |
capacity
content | the amount that can be contained, the gas tank has a capacity of gallons |
| vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer), used to determine the condition of lung tissue |
capability
capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment, the capability of a metal to be fused |
| channel capacity | the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel |
| brood hover loom bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, The terrible vision brooded over her all day long |
big(p)
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great(p)
large(p)
heavy(p)
with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
broad
large-minded
liberal
tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness, a broad political stance, generous and broad sympathies, a liberal newspaper, tolerant of his opponent's opinions |
| large | having broad power and range and scope, taking the large view, a large effect, a large sympathy |
big
large
prominent | conspicuous in position or importance, a big figure in the movement, big man on campus, he's very large in financial circles, a prominent citizen |