ETYM Latin cardinalis, from cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. French cardinal.
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(applied to) Simple numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc.; applied to N, S, E, and W points of compass.
1. Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order.
2. Serving as an essential component; SYN. central, fundamental, key, primal.
ETYM French général, from Latin generalis. Related to Genus.
1. Prevailing among and common to the general public.
2. Somewhat indefinite.
3. Not specialized or limited to one class of things.
4. Applying to all or most members of a category or group.
5. Of national scope.
6. (Medicine) Affecting the entire body.
ETYM From Main strength, possibly influenced by Old Fren. maine, magne, great, Latin magnus. Related to Magnate.
(Homonym: mane).
Of force; of the greatest possible intensity.
1. Of greater importance or stature or rank
2. Of greater seriousness or danger
3. Greater in number or size or amount
4. Greater in scope or effect
5. Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
6. (Music) Of a scale or mode
7. (Law) Of full legal age
8. (British) Of the elder of two boys with the same family name
1. Controlling
2. Highly skilled or proficient
ETYM Old Eng. hed, heved, heaved, as. heáfod.
1. The top of the body; the portion of the body containing the brain and showing the face.
2. The top of something.
3. An individual person.
4. The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head.
5. A rounded compact mass.
6. The striking part of a tool.
7. A part that projects out from the rest;.
8. The front of a military formation or procession.
9. A person who is in charge; SYN. chief, top dog.
10. (Linguistics) The word in a constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole; SYN. head word.
11. A single domestic animal.
12. (Usually plural) An obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head.
13. The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates).
14. The pressure exerted by a fluid.
15. A toilet on board a boat of ship.
16. (Informal) A user of (usually soft) drugs.
17. The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when one pours an effervescent liquid into a container.
ETYM French pilote, prob. from Dutch peillood plummet, sounding lead.
1. A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.
2. Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.