• any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
• a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
• (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)
• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
• United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
• United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)
• a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
• a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
• a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
• an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
• the sound of a hound on the scent
• small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
• a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
• a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
• a small recess opening off a larger room
• a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
adjective satellite
• (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
• a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
• clothing that is a grey color
• English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
• American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
• horse of a light gray or whitish color
• United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
• the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
adjective satellite
• of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
• showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
• used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
• cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
verb
• emit as rays
• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
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