(idiomatic) Of a person: having the same disposition, feelings, or opinions as oneself. / (idiomatic) Of a situation or thing: according to, or appealing to, one's own desire, liking, or taste.

(software architecture) Abstract principle describing an aspect of some software architecture designs in which the flow of control of a system is inverted in comparison to the traditional architecture, getting the flow of control from a generic code part.

Any of various early European painters whose works are regarded as superlative. / A painting by an Old Master.

(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

plural of jack of clubs

(idiomatic) To make the greatest possible effort.

A marine mammal native to the northern Pacific Ocean, Enhydra lutris.

(transitive, idiomatic) To behave in a manner which favours or which is biased toward. / To choose which mistake (err) will be perpetuated when all available options would result in different mistakes.

(idiomatic) To act in the least risky manner in a situation in which one is uncertain about the consequences.

The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.