MS. Synonyms

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

• a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel

• an indefinitely short time

• a particular point in time

• an indefinitely short time

• at this time

• having important effects or influence

• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

• an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors

• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

• (of champagne) moderately dry

• a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first

• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• an indefinitely short time

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield

• a particular point in time

• following the first in an ordering or series

• a 60th part of a minute of arc

• the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

• a speech seconding a motion

• the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

• merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

• in the second place

• coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

• give support or one's approval to

• transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment

• a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

• a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

• the form of a literary work submitted for publication

• a form of address for a woman

• a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

• a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War

• a master's degree in science

• something written by one's own hand

• a person's own signature

• mark with one's signature

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

• something written by hand

• the activity of writing by hand

• based on the meter as a standard of measurement

• a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

• a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)

• a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

• the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

• a form of address for a woman