material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
variola minor variola minor virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about percent |
American woodcock woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
bedding material bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
drygoods soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables durable goods consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
minor suit | ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs |
minor tranquilizer minor tranquillizer minor tranquilliser antianxiety drug anxiolytic anxiolytic drug | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability |
packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
photographic paper photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
white goods household linen | drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth |
white goods | large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel |
yard goods piece goods | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
blemish defect mar | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body), a facial blemish |
quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone, the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare |
quality caliber calibre | a degree or grade of excellence or worth, the quality of students has risen, an executive of low caliber |
superiority high quality | the quality of being superior |
inferiority low quality | an inferior quality |
parental quality | a quality appropriate to a parent |
motherliness maternalism maternal quality maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother, the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children |
fatherliness paternal quality | the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father, the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears |
timbre timber quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
insufficiency inadequacy deficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number, the inadequacy of unemployment benefits |
defect shortcoming | a failing or deficiency, that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
pectoralis minor musculus pectoralis minor smaller pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
rhomboid minor muscle lesser rhomboid muscle musculus rhomboideus minor | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward |
teres minor teres minor muscle musculus teres minor | teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally |
moronity mental deficiency | mild mental retardation |
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 |
bit part minor role | a small role |
minor axis | the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid |
writing written material piece of writing | the work of a writer, anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect), the writing in her novels is excellent, that editorial was a fine piece of writing |
bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
reading reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
bill of goods | communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable, they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car |
material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form, the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography |
minor premise minor premiss subsumption | the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
minor scale minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |