A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
The chief administrator of a school.
A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
The primary participant in a crime.
The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
A security principal.
A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
A partner or owner of a business.
One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
Primary; most important; first level in importance.
A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
An actor in a leading role.
An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
To shine like a star.
To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
To mark with a star or asterisk.
To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.