Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
Underage, not having reached legal majority.
Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.
Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.
Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.
A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
Changes rung on six bells.
First in importance, degree, or rank.
First in time, order, or sequence.
Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
First in excellence, quality, or value.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
The religious service appointed to this hour.
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
The chief or best individual or part.
The first note or tone of a musical scale.
An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
To mark with a prime mark.
To apply a coat of primer paint to.
To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.