Aid-major
(n.) The adjutant of a regiment. |
Attention
(n.) The act or state of attending or heeding |
Attention
(n.) An act of civility or courtesy |
By-interest
(n.) Self-interest |
Drum major
() . |
Drum major
() The chief or first drummer of a regiment |
Drum major
() The marching leader of a military band. |
Drum major
() A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4. |
Etat Major
() The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates |
Focus
(n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed |
Focus
(n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant. |
Focus
(n.) A central point |
Focus
(v. t.) To bring to a focus |
Interest
(n.) To engage the attention of |
Interest
(n.) To be concerned with or engaged in |
Interest
(n.) To cause or permit to share. |
Interest
(n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object |
Interest
(n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility |
Interest
(n.) Advantage, personal or general |
Interest
(n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage |
Interest
(n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. |
Interest
(n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively |
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. |
Major
(a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent |
Major
(a.) Of greater dignity |
Major
(a.) Of full legal age. |
Major
(a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. |
Major
(a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel |
Major
(a.) A person of full age. |
Major
(a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism |
Major
(a.) A mayor. |
Major-domo
(n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house |
pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
| major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
| attention | a courteous act indicating affection, she tried to win his heart with her many attentions |
surprise attack
coup de main | an attack without warning |
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 |
| electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
| gas main | a main that distributes gas |
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 |
| 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 |
riser riser pipe
riser pipeline
riser main | a vertical pipe in a building |
sewer main
sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
| water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system, in focus, out of focus |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea, the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion |
egoism
egocentrism
self-interest
selfoncern
selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism
self-interest self-seeking
expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
| attention | a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together, assumed by military personnel during drill or review, the troops stood at attention |
sake
interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
| interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
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 |
| attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration, keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention |
interest
involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
attention
attending | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
| attention span | the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity |
attentiveness
heed
regard paying attention | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people), his attentiveness to her wishes, he spends without heed to the consequences |
focus
focusing
focussing
focal point
direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
center centre center of attention
centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
| attention | a general interest that leads people to want to know more, She was the center of attention |
| 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 |
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 |
| major form class | any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
master file
main file | (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent |