n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of two bytes and can be signed (-32K to +32K) or unsigned (64K)

n. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

n. a bill of exchange payable after a short period

n. a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

n. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

v. adjust the pitch (of pianos)

v. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

v. toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"

v. create a short circuit in

v. cheat someone by not returning him enough money

v. restrain or temper

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

adv. so as to interrupt: "She took him up short before he could continue"

adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached: "he fell short of our expectations"

adv. in a tight or constricted manner; "a tightly packed pub"

adv. "the car's axle snapped short"

adv. quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"

adv. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

adv. "I was caught short"

adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

adj. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

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

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

adj. unwilling to endure; "she was unforbearing with the slower students"

adj. music: staccato notes

adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

adj. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

n. a feeling of righteous anger

n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

n. a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

n. a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

n. strong feeling or emotion

n. steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

n. a state of peace and quiet

n. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

n. a rough and bitter manner

n. an abrupt discourteous manner

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

n. a feeling of resentful anger

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

n. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

n. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

n. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

v. change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

v. make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

v. gain strength; "His body strengthened"

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

v. get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

v. make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"

v. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

v. make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

v. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

v. get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"

v. make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. restrain or temper

v. make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"

v. put into a better state; "he conditions old cars"

v. train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

v. make more natural or lifelike

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

v. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

v. impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

v. give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"

v. make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

v. create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

v. make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

v. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"

v. grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

v. make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"

v. soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

adj. atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"

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

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

adj. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

adj. rude and boorish

adj. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

adj. concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

adj. lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

adj. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

adj. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

adj. remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"

adv. on a small scale; "think small"

adv. with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

adj. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

adj. not emphasized

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. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

adj. of pastry: having a light delicate texture achieved by whipping or adding whipped egg whites: "lemon chiffon pie"

adj. having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"

adj. resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"

adj. having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

adj. having low relative density or specific gravity

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

adj. unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

adj. unable to bear irritation

adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

adj. easy to cut or chew

adj. tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"

adj. made of or easily forming flakes

adj. made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"

adj. no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

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

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

adj. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

adj. short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

adj. offensively discourteous

adj. terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

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. having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"

adj. characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor

adj. concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

adj. having the style of a telegram with many short words left out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics"

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G)

n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

adj. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

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. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

adj. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

adj. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"