Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
Presenting two or more alternatives.
Other; different from something else.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Not occupied or in current use.
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
Parsimony; frugal use.
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
A superfluous or second-best person.
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
That which has not been used or expended.
To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
To desist; to stop; to refrain.