| 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 |
cobia
Rachycentron canadum
sergeant fish | large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras, found worldwide in coastal to open waters |
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 |
| buck sergeant | a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military |
| color sergeant | a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors |
desk sergeant
deskman
station keeper | the police sergeant on duty in a police station |
| drum major | the leader of a marching band or drum corps |
first sergeant
sergeant first class | a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant |
| gunnery sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines |
| 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 |
| master sergeant | a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines |
| orderly sergeant | the first sergeant of a company, duties formerly included the conveyance of orders |
| pipe major | the chief piper in a band of bagpipes |
police sergeant
sergeant | a lawman with the rank of sergeant |
| recruiting-sergeant | a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits |
senior master sergeant
SMSgt | a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army |
| sergeant | any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal |
sergeant at arms
serjeant-at-arms | an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands |
sergeant major
command sergeant major | a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army |
serjeant-at-law
serjeant
sergeant-at-law
sergeant | an English barrister of the highest rank |
| staff sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman st class in the Air Force |
| technical sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines |
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) |