n. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

n. the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

adj. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

adj. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

n. the inherent capacity for coming into being

n. a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"

n. exceptional creative ability

n. unusual mental ability

n. a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

n. natural abilities or qualities

n. an aptitude that may be developed

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

n. an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

n. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

n. the group following and attending to some important person

n. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"