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Bulk :: Bulk (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt..

Comma :: Comma (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners..

Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..

Major :: Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..

Major General :: Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps..

Majorcan :: Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.

Majorship :: Majorship (n.) The office of major.

Marjoram :: Marjoram (n.) A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other..

Ditone :: Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone)..

Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..

Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..

Plurality :: Plurality (n.) The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority..

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..

Psephism :: Psephism (n.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute..

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

Brigadier General :: Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier..

D :: D () The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F..

Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..

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