Definition of great

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Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain..

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Pile :: Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart..
Sesquiduplicate :: Sesquiduplicate (a.) Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
Strategy :: Strategy (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship..
Fieldfare :: Fieldfare (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare..
Octaemeron :: Octaemeron (n.) A fast of eight days before a great festival.
Utility :: Utility (n.) Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism..
Great :: Great (superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc..
Nation :: Nation (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs..
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm..
Ha :: Ha (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to Well, it is so..
Prolixity :: Prolixity (n.) The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings..
Defectuosity :: Defectuosity (n.) Great imperfection.
Orthodromy :: Orthodromy (n.) The act or art of sailing on a great circle.
Hypogene :: Hypogene (a.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene..
Definite :: Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval..
Shire :: Shire (n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire..
Publican :: Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation..
Wonder :: Wonder (n.) That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement..
Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..
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