Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedie뮠in 驮 oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Little

  1. Little
    The USS Little was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943 and sunk during the Second World War. The USS Little was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Little
    Meaning as a surname: Nickname for a small person.
    Found on http://www.nameseekers.co.uk/surname.htm

  3. little
    [adj] - not fully grown 2. [adj] - lowercase 3. [adj] - (of a voice) faint 4. [adj] - small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) 5. [adv] - not much 6. [n] - a small amount or duration
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. little
    that end of the connecting rod attached to the gudgeon pin Category: Mechanical engineering • physiological disease of vines caused by deficiency of zinc Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Little
    Lit'tle adjective [ The regular comparative of this word is wanting, its place being supplied by less , or, rarely, lesser . See Lesser . For the superlative least is used, the regular form, littlest , occurring very r...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/51

  6. Little
    Lit'tle noun 1. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. « Much was in little writ.» Dryden. « There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove b...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/51

  7. Little
    Lit'tle adverb In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. ' The poor sleep little .' Otway.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/51

  8. Little
    Lit'tle adjective -- Little Englander , an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire. See Antiimperialism , above. Hence: Little Englandism . -- Little-neck clam , or Little neck <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/51

  9. little
    1. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. 'He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.' (Luke xix. 3) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. little
    minuscule adjective lowercase; `little a`; `small a`; `e.e.cummings`s poetry is written all in minuscule letters`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. little
    small adjective (of children and animals) young, immature; `what a big little boy you are`; `small children`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. little
    small adjective (of a voice) faint; `a little voice`; `a still small voice`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. little
    adjective small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); `a nice little job`; `bless your little heart`; `my dear little mother`; `a sweet little deal`; `I`m tire...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. little
    adverb not much; `he talked little about his family`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. little
    noun a small amount or duration; `he accepted the little they gave him`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Little
    • (a.) Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water. • (a.) Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence. • (n.) That which is little; a small quantit...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. little
    a comic verse form, often a quatrain rhyming aabb but really identified by its content, the gruesome fate of 'Little Willy' or a comparable figure. The form, popularized by Harry Graham (1874-1936), includes the well-known Billy, in one of his nice new sashes, Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes...
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r

  18. Little
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lit′ĕl Definitions: 1. William J., English surgeon, 1810-1894. See: Little disease
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  19. LITTLE
    A typeless language used to produce machine-independent software. LITTLE has been used to implement SETL. Guide to the LITTLE Language, D. Shields, LITTLE Newsletter 33, Courant Inst (Aug 1977).
    Found on http://foldoc.org/LITTLE

  20. Little
    `Little` is a surname in the English language. The name is ultimately derived from the Middle English littel,<ref name="ancestry-Little"/> and the Old English lȳtel, which mean "little".<ref name="Reaney-281"/> In some cases the name was or...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little

  21. Little
    (automobile) The `Little` was an automobile built in Flint, Michigan by the Little Motor Car Company from 1912-15. The Little first was available as a two-seater with a four-cylinder 20 hp engine, and had a wheelbase of . In 1914 a 3.6 L six-cylinder L-head engine was available in a later mod...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little



...

11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,485,243 words from 1122 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
simultagnosia (2/0)
Rachilde (2/0)
petite (2/25)
ENSDF (2/0)
Fe2O3 (3/0)
Fire (2/25)
France-Soir (2/0)
Fred (3/25)
Floriculture (7/0)
vulcan (25/25)
tiger (4/25)
SALE (25/25)
Pillion (7/1)
factor (3/25)
wadjet (2/1)
pteranodon (6/4)
Viorel (2/10)
sleepily (4/0)
Morbus (3/15)
labial (18/25)
Phosphorylcholine (3/0)
Devil`S-Tongue (2/0)
Cirsocele (3/0)
Cue-Review (2/2)

© Encyclo MMXI
Contact Privacy