Badger
(n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food |
Badger
(n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia |
Badger
(n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. |
Badger
(v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited |
Badger
(v. t.) To beat down |
Badger-legged
(a.) Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. |
Baggage master
() One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. |
Brock
(n.) A badger. |
Brock
(n.) A brocket. |
Character
(n.) A distinctive mark |
Character
(n.) Style of writing or printing |
Character
(n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others |
Character
(n.) Strength of mind |
Character
(n.) Moral quality |
Character
(n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity |
Character
(n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing |
Character
(n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. |
Character
(n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality |
Character
(n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel. |
Character
(v. t.) To engrave |
Character
(v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits |
Fable
(n.) A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse |
Fable
(n.) The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. |
Fable
(n.) Any story told to excite wonder |
Fable
(n.) Fiction |
Fable
(v. i.) To compose fables |
Fable
(v. t.) To feign |
Harbor master
() An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. |
Master
(n.) A vessel having (so many) masts |
Master
(n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions |
Master
(n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate |
Master
(n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything |
Master
(n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys |
Master
(n.) A young gentleman |
Master
(n.) The commander of a merchant vessel |
Master
(n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer |
Master
(v. t.) To become the master of |
Master
(v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply |
Master
(v. t.) To own |
Master
(v. i.) To be skillful |
Mint-master
(n.) The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively. |
Wreck-master
(n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck. |
dachshund
dachsie
badger dog | small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears, suited for following game into burrows |
hog-nosed skunk
hognosed skunk
badger skunk
rooter skunk
Conepatus leuconotus | large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail, of southwestern North America and Mexico |
| badger | sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
American badger
Taxidea taxus | a variety of badger native to America |
Eurasian badger
Meles meles | a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia |
ratel
honey badger
Mellivora capensis | nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia |
| ferret badger | small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia |
hog badger
hog-nosed badger
sand badger
Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
brake cylinder
hydraulic brake cylinder
master cylinder | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
master
master copy
original | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made |
| master bedroom | the principal bedroom in a house, usually occupied by the head of the household |
passkey
passe-partout
master key
master | key that secures entrance everywhere |
| character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
character fiber
fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
sex characteristic
sexual characteristic
sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic
primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
quality
character
lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
| master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function, the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development |
character role
theatrical role
part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
| ASCII character set | (computer science) characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme, the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set |
| legend fable | a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events |
fable
parable
allegory
apologue | a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
| character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing |
master file
main file | (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent |
| character reference character reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability, requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
| master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree |
Master of Architecture
MArch | a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture |
Master of Arts
MA
Artium Magister
AM | a master's degree in arts and sciences |
Master of Arts in Library Science
MALS | a master's degree in library science |
Master of Arts in Teaching
MAT | a master's degree in teaching |
Master in Business
Master in Business Administration
MBA | a master's degree in business |
Master of Divinity
MDiv | a master's degree in religion |
Master of Education
MEd | a master's degree in education |
Master of Fine Arts
MFA | a master's degree in fine arts |
Master of Literature
MLitt | a master's degree in literature |
Master of Library Science
MLS | a master's degree in library science |
| Master in Public Affairs | a master's degree in questions of public concern |
Master of Science
MS
SM
MSc | a master's degree in science |
| Master of Science in Engineering | a master's degree in engineering |
Master of Theology
ThM | a master's degree in theology |
Master of Laws
LLM | an advanced law degree |
character assassination
assassination blackwash | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
fabrication
fiction fable | a deliberately false or improbable account |
character
grapheme
graphic symbol | a written symbol that is used to represent speech, the Greek alphabet has characters |
| check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
| ASCII character | any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers |
control character
ASCII control character | ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace, typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time |