n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

n. a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"

n. structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

adv. n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways"

adv. not much; "he talked little about his family"

adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

n. sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

adj. the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"

adj. of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

adj. close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

adj. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

adj. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

adj. expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

adj. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

adj. moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

adj. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

adj. (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. not important or noteworthy

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

adj. of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

adj. aimlessly drifting

adj. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. excessively concerned about niceties

adj. contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

adj. of no real value; "a nugatory law"

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

adj. of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption

adj. relating to the near future; "a short-range policy"

adj. relating to or extending over a limited period; "short-run planning"; "a short-term lease"; "short-term credit"

adj. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"

adj. (used of living things esp persons) in an early period of life, development, or growth

adj. befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks"

adj. befitting a young child; "childlike charm"

adj. very young; "at an early age"

adj. susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"

adj. befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"

adj. including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"

adj. recently borne; "a newborn infant"

adj. characteristic of a puppy

adj. being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"

adj. young and immature; "at a tender age"

adj. somewhat young

adj. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age"

adj. one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

adj. of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many: "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident"

adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

adj. lacking strength or vigor

adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"

adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

adj. not ready to receive to new ideas

adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions

adj. obstinate in your opinions

adj. not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"

adj. lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

adj. of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"

adj. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

adj. of large size for its weight

adj. large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"

adj. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

adj. of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

adj. abnormally large

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"

adj. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

adj. (used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent: "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"

adj. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton

adj. indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"

adj. of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

adj. important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"

adj. having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"