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Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..

Avatar :: Avatar (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu..

Groom :: Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole..

Worth :: Worth (a.) Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense..

Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Stadium :: Stadium (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia..

Heart :: Heart (n.) The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc..

Headship :: Headship (n.) Authority or dignity; chief place.

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Chieftain :: Chieftain (n.) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan..

Chiefest :: Chiefest (a.) First or foremost; chief; principal.

Tophus :: Tophus (n.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium..

Headquarters :: Headquarters (n. sing.) The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order..

Bretwalda :: Bretwalda (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.

Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..

Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..

Sagamore :: Sagamore (n.) The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank..

Archi- :: Archi- () A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing..

Chair :: Chair (n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself..

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