a characteristic emotional quality | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
a brief written record | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
a comment or instruction (usually added) | a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass |
a short personal letter | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time | a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | relative magnitude |
high status importance owing to marked superiority | the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it |
| an ordered reference standard |