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Minded
·adj Disposed; inclined; having a mind.
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Right
·adv Exactly; just.
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right
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right
As to direction, fully or directly; thus, right ahead, or right away, &c.
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Able-minded
·adj Having much intellectual power.
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Absent-minded
·adj Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
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Alike-minded
·adj Like-minded.
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Bloody-minded
·adj Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.
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Carnal-minded
·adj Worldly-minded.
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Ear-minded
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Earthly-minded
·adj Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded;
— opposed to spiritual-minded.
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Evil-minded
·adj Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wick...
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Eye-minded
·add. ·adj Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and me...
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Fair-minded
·adj Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.
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Feeble-minded
·adj Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile.
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Free-minded
·adj Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
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High-minded
·adj Proud; arrogant.
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Ill-minded
·adj Ill-disposed.
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Light-minded
·adj Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
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Like-minded
·adj Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.
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Low-minded
·adj Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
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Many-minded
·adj Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
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Motley-minded
·adj Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
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Narrow-minded
·adj Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.
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Noble-minded
·adj Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.
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Public-minded
·adj Public-spirited.
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Simple-minded
·adj Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
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Single-minded
·adj Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
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Sober-minded
·adj Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
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Spiritual-minded
·adj Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections.
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Strong-minded
·adj Having a vigorous mind; ·esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind;
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Weak-minded
·adj Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.
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Worldly-minded
·adj Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of thos...
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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...
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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...
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Right-angled
·adj Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
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Right-handed
·adj Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
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Right-handedness
·noun The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Right-lined
·adj Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
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Right-running
·adj Straight; direct.
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Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur James
P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., etc.
(b. 1848)
Statesman and philosophic writer. A Defence of Philosophic Dou...
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Bryce, Right Hon. James
P.C., D.C.L., etc.
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Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan
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miner's right
n.
the licence to dig for gold.See quotation.
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right away
Directly; immediately.
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right off
Directly; immediately.
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ascension right
See right ascension.
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right angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
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right ascension
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right athwart
Square, or at right angles with the keel.
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right away!
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right sailing
Running a course on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter only a ship's latitude, or longi...
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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right-angled triangle
That which has one right angle.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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search, right of
See visitation and search.
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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muzzle to the right!
, or muzzle to the left!
The order given to trim the gun to the object.
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right up and down
Said in a dead calm, when the wind is no way at all. Or, in anchor work, when the cable is in that c...
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