advances (noun)
21anticyclone — noun Date: 1862 1. a system of winds that rotates about a center of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern, that usually advances at 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) per hour …
22Arethusa — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Arethousa Date: 1513 a wood nymph who is changed into a spring while fleeing the advances of the river god Alpheus …
23bye — noun Etymology: alteration of 2by Date: 1883 the position of a participant in a tournament who advances to the next round without playing …
24cyclone — noun Etymology: modification of Greek kyklōma wheel, coil, from kykloun to go around, from kyklos circle Date: 1848 1. a. a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure, advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles… …
25discount rate — noun Date: circa 1927 1. the interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan 2. the charge levied by a central bank for advances and rediscounts …
26Hippolytus — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Hippolytos Date: 1567 a son of Theseus falsely accused of amorous advances by his stepmother and killed by his father through the agency of Poseidon …
27meritocrat — noun Date: 1960 chiefly British a person who advances through a meritocratic system …
28moldboard — noun Date: 1508 1. a curved iron plate attached above a plowshare to lift and turn the soil 2. the flat or curved blade (as of a bulldozer) that pushes material to one side as the machine advances …
29stop order — noun Date: 1882 an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level …
30thesis — noun (plural theses) Etymology: in sense 1, Middle English, lowering of the voice, from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, from Greek, downbeat, more important part of a foot, literally, act of laying down; in other senses, Latin, from Greek,… …
