A play belonging to a 19th-century neoclassical theatrical genre involving a tight plot and a climax close to the end. The story depends upon a key piece of information kept from some characters, and moves forward in a chain of actions that use minor reversals of fortune to create suspense.

Somewhat matter-of-fact.

(physics) The mass of an object measured as its resistance to being accelerated by an applied force; it is equal to its gravitational mass.

Alternative form of Homer man

A man who breeds (or raises) and trains homing pigeons.

plural of major scale

(historical) A plaque mounted outside a house, bearing the emblem of the insurance company, as a guide for the fire brigade.

the principal street of a town, but not necessarily named "Main Street" (qv); there can be more than one main street in some towns.

(historical) A 24-day march in colonial India in 1930 to support the production of salt in seawater, against the British salt monopoly.

plural of main street