plural of forty-five

Alternative form of pianny forty

(archaic) Pronunciation spelling of pianoforte.

(idiomatic, basketball) The NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.

(Canada, US) A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

(inorganic chemistry, archaic) Nitric acid. / (alchemy) A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other metals except gold.

The area of the earth between 40 and 50 degrees south, prone to gale-force westerly winds.

plural of back forty

plural of north forty

(phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.