anticlimax |
a disappointingly weak or ordinary conclusion or event, following events or statements that build expectations for something powerful or moving. [1/3 definitions] |
banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
breathy |
of a voice, softened or otherwise altered in timbre by more than ordinary expiration of breath. [1/2 definitions] |
common |
(pl.) the mass of ordinary people, esp. those without titles of nobility. [1/9 definitions] |
commonplace |
unremarkable or ordinary. [2/4 definitions] |
common stock |
ordinary capital shares of a corporation that often provide dividends and confer voting privileges, but that place their owners' claims, in the event the corporation liquidates, below those of holders of preferred stocks or bonds. |
contrabassoon |
a bassoon that is larger than the ordinary bassoon and an octave lower in pitch; double bassoon. |
conventional |
commonplace; ordinary; unimaginative. [1/3 definitions] |
decipher |
to convert from a coded form to ordinary language; decode. [1/2 definitions] |
decode |
to convert (a coded message) into ordinary language; decipher. [1/2 definitions] |
different |
not ordinary; unusual. [1/4 definitions] |
dim |
to switch (automotive vehicle headlights) from high intensity or position to ordinary intensity. [1/9 definitions] |
dissociation |
in a human being, the abnormal separation of a group of mental activities from ordinary consciousness, as in one afflicted with amnesia or multiple personalities. [1/2 definitions] |
everyday |
ordinary; commonplace. [1/2 definitions] |
Everyman |
(usu. l.c.) the common or ordinary person, esp. when typifying the entire human race. [1/2 definitions] |
exceptional |
uncommon, unusual, or out of the ordinary. [1/2 definitions] |
exclude |
to prevent from enjoying ordinary rights or privileges; bar. [1/2 definitions] |
extraordinary |
far beyond the usual or ordinary. [1/2 definitions] |
extreme |
of a kind or degree well beyond the ordinary. [1/7 definitions] |
flight1 |
an instance of going beyond ordinary limits. [1/6 definitions] |
folk |
emerging from the ordinary people, as opposed to specialists. [1/6 definitions] |