| equinox | | |
| n. (time) | 1. equinox | either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length. |
| ~ cosmic time | the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe. |
| ~ march equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox | March 21. |
| ~ autumnal equinox, fall equinox, september equinox | September 22. |
| n. (location) | 2. equinoctial point, equinox | (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere). |
| ~ vernal equinox | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces. |
| ~ autumnal equinox | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo. |
| lean | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. inclination, lean, leaning, list, tilt | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| v. (motion) | 2. angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| ~ weather | cause to slope. |
| ~ heel, list | tilt to one side.; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" |
| ~ lean back, recline | move the upper body backwards and down. |
| v. (contact) | 3. lean | cause to lean or incline.; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (stative) | 4. be given, incline, lean, run, tend | have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ take kindly to | be willing or inclined to accept.; "He did not take kindly to my critical remarks" |
| ~ suffer | be given to.; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much" |
| ~ gravitate | move toward.; "The conversation gravitated towards politics" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. lean | rely on for support.; "We can lean on this man" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| v. (motion) | 6. lean, list | cause to lean to the side.; "Erosion listed the old tree" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ heel, list | tilt to one side.; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" |
| adj. | 7. lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| ~ ectomorphic | having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs. |
| ~ anorectic, anorexic | suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin. |
| ~ bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" |
| ~ deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed | characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver. |
| ~ gangling, gangly, lanky | tall and thin. |
| ~ spindly, lank | long and lean. |
| ~ rawboned | having a lean and bony physique.; "a rawboned cow hand" |
| ~ reedlike, reedy | resembling a reed in being upright and slender. |
| ~ twiggy, twiglike | thin as a twig. |
| ~ scarecrowish | resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged.; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure" |
| ~ scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, boney, weedy | being very thin.; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" |
| ~ shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened, shriveled, shrivelled | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" |
| ~ slender, slim, slight, svelte | being of delicate or slender build.; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" |
| ~ slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted | having a small waist. |
| ~ spare, trim | thin and fit.; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" |
| ~ spindle-legged, spindle-shanked | having long slender legs. |
| ~ stringy, wiry | lean and sinewy. |
| ~ wisplike, wispy | thin and weak.; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet" |
| ~ thin | of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" |
| adj. | 8. lean | lacking in mineral content or combustible material.; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" |
| adj. | 9. lean, skimpy | containing little excess.; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" |
| ~ insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| adj. | 10. lean | not profitable or prosperous.; "a lean year" |
| ~ unprofitable | producing little or no profit or gain.; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable" |
| list | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ item, point | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" |
| ~ agendum, order of business, agenda | a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). |
| ~ a-list | a list of names of specially favored people.; "the boss gave me his A-list of people we should try to recruit" |
| ~ bibliography | a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.). |
| ~ bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare). |
| ~ black book, blacklist, shitlist | a list of people who are out of favor. |
| ~ calendar | a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc).; "I have you on my calendar for next Monday" |
| ~ calorie chart | a list of foods and information about their caloric content. |
| ~ canon | a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ catalogue, catalog | a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically.; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements" |
| ~ character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing. |
| ~ checklist | a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted. |
| ~ class list, honours list | a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations. |
| ~ codex | an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.. |
| ~ contents, table of contents | a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start. |
| ~ corrigenda | a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections. |
| ~ credits | a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film). |
| ~ criminal record, record | a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted.; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" |
| ~ directory | (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk). |
| ~ distribution list | list of names to whom a communication should be sent. |
| ~ enumeration, numbering | a numbered list. |
| ~ faq | a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers. |
| ~ free list | a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs. |
| ~ grocery list, shopping list | a list of heterogenous items that someone wants.; "the union came to the table with a whole grocery list of demands" |
| ~ hit list | a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder). |
| ~ hit parade | a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time. |
| ~ index | an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed. |
| ~ key | a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations. |
| ~ key | a list of answers to a test.; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam" |
| ~ inventory, stock list | a detailed list of all the items in stock. |
| ~ mailing list | a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed. |
| ~ masthead, flag | a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.. |
| ~ computer menu, menu | (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user. |
| ~ necrology | a list of people who died recently. |
| ~ play list, playlist | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio. |
| ~ portfolio | a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution.; "they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio" |
| ~ posting | (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records.; "the posting was made in the cash account" |
| ~ price list | a listing of prices for different goods or services. |
| ~ push-down list, push-down stack, stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO). |
| ~ queue | (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted. |
| ~ roster, roll | a list of names.; "his name was struck off the rolls" |
| ~ schedule | an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur. |
| ~ shopping list | a list of items to be purchased. |
| ~ short list, shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen. |
| ~ sick list | a list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc). |
| ~ slate, ticket | a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. |
| ~ standing | an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event. |
| ~ wish list | a list of events that you wish would occur. |
| ~ database | an organized body of related information. |
| v. (communication) | 2. list, name | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.; "List the states west of the Mississippi" |
| ~ enumerate, itemize, itemise, recite | specify individually.; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" |
| v. (social) | 3. list | include in a list.; "Am I listed in your register?" |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| ~ inventory, stock-take, take stock | make or include in an itemized record or report.; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" |
| ~ empanel, impanel | enter into a list of prospective jurors. |
| ~ index | list in an index. |
| ~ blacklist | put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted.; "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis" |
| ~ post | enter on a public list. |
| v. (motion) | 4. heel, list | tilt to one side.; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" |
| ~ lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| ~ list, lean | cause to lean to the side.; "Erosion listed the old tree" |
| v. (communication) | 5. list, number | enumerate.; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" |
| ~ itemise, itemize | place on a list of items.; "itemize one's tax deductions" |
| ~ identify, name | give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" |
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