albacore | (noun) large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | Synonyms: long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga |
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(noun) relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna | - |
core | (noun) a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | - |
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(noun) the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place | - |
(noun) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories | Synonyms: magnetic core |
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, effect, essence, gist |
(noun) a small group of indispensable persons or things | Synonyms: core group, nucleus |
(noun) the center of an object | - |
(noun) the central part of the Earth | - |
(noun) a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill | - |
(verb) remove the core or center from | - |
encore | (noun) an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand | - |
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(verb) request an encore, from a performer | - |
fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, eighty, LXXX |
hardcore | (adjective) extremely explicit | Synonyms: hard-core |
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(adjective) intensely loyal | Synonyms: hard-core |
manticore | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, mantiger |
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outscore | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outpoint |
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score | (noun) the act of scoring in a game or sport | - |
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(noun) a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: sexual conquest |
(noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: grade, mark |
(noun) the facts about an actual situation | - |
(noun) a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | Synonyms: musical score |
(noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grievance, grudge |
(noun) a set of twenty members | - |
(noun) grounds | Synonyms: account |
(noun) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest | - |
(noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: scotch |
(noun) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) | - |
(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: grade, mark |
(verb) make underscoring marks | Synonyms: mark |
(verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, tally |
(verb) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance | - |
(verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, nock |
(verb) induce to have sex | Synonyms: make, seduce |
(verb) write a musical score for | - |
threescore | (adjective) being ten more than fifty | Synonyms: 60, lx, sixty |
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(noun) a set with 3 times 20 members | - |
twoscore | (adjective) being ten more than thirty | Synonyms: 40, forty, xl |
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underscore | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underline |
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(verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underline |
(verb) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to | Synonyms: underline |