Erelong: alternatives and connections

(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projec…

Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.

One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, co…

In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects;…

The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

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A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition…

A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrud…

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…