noun

1. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

2. a small container

3. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency
then the pilot descends by parachute

Synonym: ejection seatejector seat

4. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

Synonym: space capsule

5. a structure that encloses a body part

6. a shortened version of a written work

Synonym: condensationabridgementabridgment

7. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

noun

1. the act of choosing or selecting

e.g. your choice of colors was unfortunate
you can take your pick

Synonym: selectionoptionpick

2. the person or thing chosen or selected

e.g. he was my pick for mayor

Synonym: pickselection

3. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

e.g. what option did I have?
there no other alternative
my only choice is to refuse

Synonym: optionalternative

noun

1. a newspaper that is published every day

noun

1. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

Synonym: flat coatprimerprimingprimer coatpriming coatundercoat

2. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

3. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

Synonym: earth

4. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

5. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

e.g. he posed her against a background of rolling hills

Synonym: background

6. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

e.g. they gained ground step by step
they fought to regain the lost ground

7. a rational motive for a belief or action

e.g. the reason that war was declared
the grounds for their declaration

Synonym: reason

8. the solid part of the earth's surface

e.g. the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
the earth shook for several minutes
he dropped the logs on the ground

Synonym: landdry landearthsolid groundterra firma

9. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

e.g. the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil

Synonym: landsoil

10. a relation that provides the foundation for something

e.g. they were on a friendly footing
he worked on an interim basis

Synonym: footingbasis

11. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

e.g. they dug into the earth outside the church

Synonym: earth

noun

1. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Synonym: rocket engine

2. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Synonym: projectile

3. sends a firework display high into the sky

Synonym: skyrocket

4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

Synonym: skyrocket

5. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Synonym: roquettegarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa

noun

1. a personified abstraction that teaches

e.g. books were his teachers
experience is a demanding teacher

2. a person whose occupation is teaching

Synonym: instructor

adv

1. with considerable certainty
without much doubt

e.g. He is probably out of the country
in all likelihood we are headed for war

Synonym: likelyin all likelihoodin all probabilitybelike

2. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

e.g. he talked plausibly before the committee
he will probably win the election

Synonym: crediblybelievablyplausibly

adj

1. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

Synonym: screakyscreechysqueakingsquealing