1. edward(n = noun.person) duke of windsor, edward viii - King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of house of windsor, windsor
2. edward(n = noun.person) albert edward, edward vii - King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
is a member of saxe-coburg-gotha
Derived form adjective edwardian1
3. edward(n = noun.person) edward vi - King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
4. edward(n = noun.person) edward v - King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
5. edward(n = noun.person) edward iv - King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
6. edward(n = noun.person) edward iii - son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
7. edward(n = noun.person) edward ii - King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
8. edward(n = noun.person) edward i - King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307);
is a kind of king of england, king of great britain
9. edward(n = noun.person) edward antony richard louis, prince edward - third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964);
is a kind of prince
10. edward(n = noun.person) black prince - son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376);
is a kind of prince of wales
albert edward, alfred edward housman, alfred edward woodley mason, charles edward berry, charles edward ives, edward albee, edward antony richard louis, edward appleton, edward benjamin britten, edward bouverie pusey, edward calvin kendall, edward d. white, edward douglas white jr., edward durell stone, edward estlin cummings, edward everett hale, edward fitzgerald, edward franklin albeen, edward g. robinson, edward george earle bulwer-lytton, edward gibbon, edward goldenberg robinson, edward henry harriman, edward i, edward ii, edward iii, edward iv, edward james hughes, edward james muggeridge, edward jean steichen, edward jenner, edward kendall, edward kennedy ellington, edward lawrie tatum, edward lear, edward lee thorndike, edward macdowell, edward morley, edward osborne wilson, edward pusey, edward r. murrow, edward roscoe murrow, edward sapir, edward teach, edward teller, edward thatch, edward the confessor, edward the elder, edward the martyr, edward v, edward vernon rickenbacker, edward vi, edward vii, edward viii, edward vincent sullivan, edward weston, edward white, edward williams morley, edward winslow, edward wyllis scripps, edward young, george edward moore, george edward pickett, james edward meade, john edward masefield, jonas edward salk, lake edward, prince edward, prince edward island, robert edward lee, saint edward the confessor, saint edward the martyr, sir edward elgar, sir edward victor appleton, sir edward william elgar, st. edward the confessor, st. edward the martyr, thomas edward lawrence, william edward burghardt du bois
1. r(n = noun.quantity) roentgen - a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air;
is a kind of radioactivity unit
2. r(n = noun.quantity) gas constant, universal gas constant - (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole;
is a kind of constant
3. r(n = noun.communication) - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet;
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet
4. r(n = noun.attribute) radius - the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere;
is a kind of length
is a part of diam, diameter
has particulars: semidiameter, radius of curvature
R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation,
r, n. (also r) (pl. Rs or R's) the eighteenth letter of the alphabet.
Idiom:
the r months the months with r in their names (September to April) as the season for oysters.
r, abbr. (also R.)
1 Regina (Elizabeth R).
2 Rex.
3 River.
4 (also) registered as a trademark.
5 (in names of societies etc.) Royal.
6 Chess rook.
7 Railway.
8 rand.
9 Regiment.
10 R{eacute}aumur.
11 radius.
12 roentgen.
N time, duration, period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season, the whole time, the whole period, space-time, course, snap, intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency, intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude, respite, era, epoch, time of life, age, year, date, decade, moment, glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time, arrow of time, river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time, scythe, continuing, on foot, permanent, while, whilst, during, pending, during the time, during the interval, in the course of, at that point, at that point in time, for the time being, day by day, in the time of, when, meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, ad interim, pendente lite, de die in diem, from day to day, from hour to hour, hourly, always, for a time, for a season, till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this point, the whole time, all the time, all along, throughout, for good, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, then, anno Domini, A, D, ante Christum, A, C, before Christ, B, C, anno urbis conditae, A, U, C, anno regni, A, R, once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once, time flies, tempus fugit, time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, time and tide wait for no man, ad calendas Groecas, panting Time toileth after him in vain, 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion, rich with the spoils of time, tempus edax rerum, the long hours come and go, the time is out of joint, Time rolls his ceaseless course, Time the foe of man's dominion, time wasted is existence, used is life, truditur dies die, volat hora per orbem, carpe diem.
murrow(n = noun.person) edward r. murrow, edward roscoe murrow - United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965);
is a kind of broadcast journalist