ace (noun)

  • 71Supreme Allied Commander Europe — noun commanding officer of ACE; NATO s senior military commander in Europe • Syn: ↑SACEUR • Hypernyms: ↑commanding officer, ↑commandant, ↑commander • Member Holonyms: ↑Allied Command Europe, ↑ …

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  • 72trandolapril — noun an ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertension • Syn: ↑Mavik • Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑Mavik) • Hypernyms: ↑ACE inhibitor, ↑ …

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  • 73Vasotec — noun an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks • Syn: ↑enalapril • Usage Domain: ↑trade name • Hypernyms: ↑ACE inhibitor,… …

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  • 74Zestril — noun an ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinival or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks • Syn: ↑lisinopril, ↑Prinival • Usage Domain: ↑trade name, ↑trade name (for: ↑Prinival) …

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  • 75lover's leap — noun 1. : a cliff or high point from which disappointed and despairing lovers plunge to death 2. : the move of a man in backgammon from ace point to twelve point in one throw of the dice * * * 1. a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated… …

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  • 76major tenace — noun : ace and queen of a suit held in one hand in some card games (as bridge) compare minor tenace * * * Bridge, Whist. the ace and queen of a suit held by one player. Cf. minor tenace, tenace …

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  • 77noncomoquer — (|) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Spanish non non (I) + Mexican Spanish comoquer : an ace or king that can be combined in panguingue and other Mexican forms of rummy with other cards of the same rank (as the ace of spades and two… …

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  • 78poker dice — noun plural 1. : dice usually in sets of five with each one of the dice carrying on two or more of its faces the representation of a particular playing card (as the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine) instead of spots 2. usually singular in… …

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  • 79spot card — noun 1. : a playing card of rank two to nine inclusive 2. : a playing card except an ace or face card but including the ten * * * Cards. spot (def. 10b). * * * spot card, any playing card identified by the number of pips on it; any card from ace… …

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  • 80king — noun 1》 the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.     ↘a person or thing regarded as the finest or most important in its sphere or group.     ↘used in names of animals and plants that are… …

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