A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
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.
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.
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).
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
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.
The tail of a bird.
A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
A group or class of people.
A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
A series of electrical pulses.
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
A software release schedule.
To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
To improve one's fitness.
To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
To proceed in sequence.
To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
To practice an ability.
To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.