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1992 novelette by Janet Kagan
"The Nutcracker Coup" is a 1992 science fiction short story by Janet Kagan. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction. Human diplomats stationed
The_Nutcracker_Coup
American novelist
Her story "The Nutcracker Coup" was nominated for both the Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, winning the Hugo. Kagan
Janet_Kagan
American writer (1934–2018)
best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", which is regarded as one of the best episodes in the Star Trek franchise
Harlan_Ellison
American comic creator and writer (born 1977)
novel Digger, fantasy novel Nettle & Bone, and fantasy novella Thornhedge; the Nebula Award for her short story "Jackalope Wives"; and Mythopoeic Awards
Ursula_Vernon
Short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
"The Darfsteller" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., which won the first Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It was
The_Darfsteller
American author (1929–2018)
full-time in the late 1950s, and she achieved major critical and commercial success with the novels A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) and The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula_K._Le_Guin
Novelette by Murray Leinster
writer Murray Leinster, originally published in the March 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1956. Writing
Exploration_Team
American writer (born 1976)
fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, is described as silkpunk, a term coined by him to encapsulate the way it blends the material culture and philosophical
Ken_Liu
American science fiction writer (1947–2006)
works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in Pasadena
Octavia_E._Butler
Novelette by Isaac Asimov
restored the original text when the story was collected in The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976). The story formed the basis of the novel The Positronic
The_Bicentennial_Man
American science fiction writer
anthologies and the 1985 collection of the same name), the novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog (1992 and 1997), and the two-part novel Blackout/All
Connie_Willis
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
such as The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, both written in the mid-1950s. The Galactic Empire novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional
Isaac_Asimov
2023 science fiction novelette
disaster, the residents of a Minneapolis neighborhood undertake a collective effort to keep each other alive. "The Year Without Sunshine" won the 2024 Nebula
The_Year_Without_Sunshine
1999 animated film
The Nuttiest Nutcracker is a 1999 animated direct-to-video Christmas film loosely based on the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker. The film was directed by Harold
The_Nuttiest_Nutcracker
Canadian science fiction author (born 1958)
in hard science fiction. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1991 from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology. He went
Peter_Watts_(author)
1938 work by Clifford D. Simak
helping inspire the writing style of Isaac Asimov. It won a Retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2014. Because Earthmen in the year 2479 have
Rule_18
1998 novel by Mike Resnick
a parable illustrating the relationship between Ngai, the Kikuyu god, and the creatures of the earth. On occasion, it is the narrator that has failed
Kirinyaga_(novel)
American science fiction and fantasy writer
her the first African-American author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the first author to win in three consecutive years, and the first
N._K._Jemisin
Short story by Kelly Link
"The Faery Handbag" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Kelly Link, first published in 2004 in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm and
The_Faery_Handbag
American author, speaker and futurist (born 1954)
of the subgenre's chief ideological promulgators. This has earned him the nickname "Chairman Bruce". He was also one of the first organizers of the Turkey
Bruce_Sterling
American science fiction writer (1926–2001)
was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three
Poul_Anderson
2011 novelette by Charlie Jane Anders
and was subsequently reprinted in Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition and Year's Best SF 17. It won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. In October
Six_Months,_Three_Days
Short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth
magazine. The story concerns a futuristic medical (doctor's) bag accidentally sent back in time several centuries to the mid-twentieth century, the ethics
The_Little_Black_Bag
Short story by Harlan Ellison
"Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" is a 1974 science fiction novelette by American writer Harlan
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans
Adrift_Just_Off_the_Islets_of_Langerhans
Novelette by Harlan Ellison
"The Deathbird" is a novelette by American writer Harlan Ellison. It won the 1974 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and Locus Award for Best Short Story.
The_Deathbird
1991 short story by American writer Isaac Asimov
originally appeared in the September 1991 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and was collected in the eponymous volume Gold. One of the last short stories
Gold_(short_story)
Novelette by Roger Zelazny
a planet that experiences decades-long seasons, the Playpoint resort attracts tourists during the warm seasons. In winter it is maintained by an artificial
Permafrost_(story)
American science fiction writer and editor (born 1935)
(1969) and the novels Downward to the Earth (1970), The World Inside (1971), Dying Inside (1972), and Lord Valentine's Castle (1980; the first of the Majipoor
Robert_Silverberg
Short story by Poul Anderson
Award. The story has appeared in the collections The Night Face & Other Stories (1979), The Dark Between the Stars (1981), Winners (1981), and The Long
The_Sharing_of_Flesh
1994 novelette and 2002 novel by David Gerrold
"The Martian Child" is a novelette by American writer David Gerrold, originally published in Fantasy & Science Fiction. It won the 1995 Hugo Award for
The_Martian_Child
Novelette by Mary Robinette Kowal
"The Lady Astronaut of Mars" is an alternate history/science fiction short story by Mary Robinette Kowal. It was first published in 2012 as part of the
The_Lady_Astronaut_of_Mars
Short story by Lewis Padgett
published in the February 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. It was judged by the Science Fiction Writers of America to be among the best science
Mimsy_Were_the_Borogoves
Novelette by Hao Jingfang
by the Chinese writer Hao Jingfang. This work was originally posted on newsmth.net, the BBS of Tsinghua University, in December 2012. It took the author
Folding_Beijing
Short story by Poul Anderson
in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction issue of February 1972, it was later included in the anthologies Nebula Award Stories Eight and The Hugo
Goat_Song_(novelette)
Short story by Bruce Sterling
in the 1998 Oct/Nov volume of Asimov's Science Fiction. The story follows a government contracted spy and his rock climber coworker as they enter the Taklamakan
Taklamakan_(short_story)
1995 science fiction novelette by James Patrick Kelly
originally published in the June 1995 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. The story won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Asimov's Reader Poll
Think_Like_a_Dinosaur
American fantasy, horror, and SF writer (1910–1992)
Illinois, to the actors Fritz Leiber and Virginia Bronson Leiber. For a time, he seemed inclined to follow in his parents' footsteps; the theater and actors
Fritz_Leiber
American writer and illustrator (1951–2022)
Nebula Award. His last work was the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear wrote over 50 books in total. He was one of the five co-founders of San Diego
Greg_Bear
"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea" is a 2024 science fiction short story by Naomi Kritzer. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction. Fifteen
The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea
The_Four_Sisters_Overlooking_the_Sea
Short story by Ted Chiang
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, originally published in 2007 by Subterranean Press and reprinted
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
The_Merchant_and_the_Alchemist's_Gate
American writer
and the Membrane" (1951) "The Little Creeps" (1951) "Secret of the Death Dome" (1951) "The Song of Vorhu" (1951) "The Soul-Empty Ones" (1951) "The Space
Walter_M._Miller_Jr.
1985 novel by Greg Bear
version of a short story of the same title, originally published in the June 1983 issue of Analog and the winner of both the 1983 Nebula and 1984 Hugo awards
Blood_Music_(novel)
American author and engineer (1907–1988)
called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre
Robert_A._Heinlein
1979 novelette by George R. R. Martin
published in the August 1979 issue of Omni. In 1980, it won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the Locus Award
Sandkings_(novelette)
American science fiction author (born 1948)
novel The Snow Queen (1980) and its sequels, her series about a telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random
Joan_D._Vinge
American science fiction writer (born 1938)
Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science
Larry_Niven
Short story by Gordon R. Dickson
"The Cloak and the Staff" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1981. A skilled
The_Cloak_and_the_Staff
1988 novella by George Alec Effinger
Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Japanese Seiun Award. The story utilizes a form of the many-worlds hypothesis, and is named after the Schrödinger's cat thought
Schrödinger's_Kitten
2001 novelette by Ted Chiang
"Hell Is the Absence of God" is a 2001 satirical fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight #3, and subsequently reprinted
Hell_Is_the_Absence_of_God
Short story by Murray Leinster
novelette by American writer Murray Leinster, credited as one of the first (if not the first) instances of a universal translator in science fiction. It
First_Contact_(novelette)
1982 novelette by Connie Willis
participate in the fire lookout at St Paul's Cathedral. The story won both the Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. The narrator
Fire_Watch_(short_story)
2016 novelette by Ursula Vernon
"The Tomato Thief" is a 2016 fantasy novelette by Ursula Vernon. It was first published in Apex Magazine and has been reprinted in the collection Jackalope
The_Tomato_Thief
American author and puppeteer (born 1969)
Award winner, a Nebula Award and Locus Award winner, and served as the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2019-2021. She
Mary_Robinette_Kowal
American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)
religions, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also
Roger_Zelazny
2012 short story by Pat Cadigan
"The Girl-Thing who Went Out for Sushi" is a science fiction short story by American writer Pat Cadigan. It was published in 2012, in the anthology Edge
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
The_Girl-Thing_Who_Went_Out_for_Sushi
1987 novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
published in the November 1987 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and collected in Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1987). The title
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
Buffalo_Gals,_Won't_You_Come_Out_Tonight
Science fiction story by Suzanne Palmer
aliens than the ship's human crew could have ever suspected. "The Secret Life of Bots" won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the WSFA Small Press
The_Secret_Life_of_Bots
Annual award for science fiction or fantasy stories
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English
Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novelette
American fiction writer (1896–1975)
when his first story, "The Anti-Climax", appeared in the July 1916 issue of H. L. Mencken's literary magazine The Smart Set. Over the next two years, Leinster
Murray_Leinster
Fantasy short story by Zen Cho
Try Again" is a fantasy short story by Zen Cho. It was first published on the official Barnes & Noble blog, in 2018. Byam is an imugi who desperately wants
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
If_at_First_You_Don't_Succeed,_Try,_Try_Again
American science fiction author (1923–1958)
1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D.
Cyril_M._Kornbluth
1958 novel by Fritz Leiber
The Big Time is a short science fiction novel by American writer Fritz Leiber. Awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel or Novelette in 1958, The Big Time
The_Big_Time_(novel)
Chinese science fiction writer
near future in the context of the Earth on the verge of a war between the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations. The reviewer Chris
Hao_Jingfang
American novelist and screenwriter (born 1939)
best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last 25 years he
Peter_S._Beagle
Dutch writer (born 1983)
a Dutch horror writer. His short stories have received the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Dutch Paul Harland Prize, and have been nominated for two
Thomas_Olde_Heuvelt
Short story collection by Octavia E. Butler
"Bloodchild", the title story, won the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. It was first published in 1995. The 2005 expanded edition contains the additional stories
Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories
Fantasy novelette by Roger Zelazny
man and a unicorn play chess. The fate of humanity is at stake. A Sasquatch aids the human. "Unicorn Variation" won the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Unicorn_Variation
Short story by James Patrick Kelly
1999. It was the winner of the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and was also nominated for the 2000 Locus award and Asimov's Reader Poll. The story follows
10^16_to_1
2004 American fantasy novelette
as a coda to The Last Unicorn (1968), despite his decades-long reluctance to continue the original story. It was first published as the cover story of
Two_Hearts_(story)
American writer
and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. Kritzer has lived in London
Naomi_Kritzer
American author (born 1971)
fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short
Elizabeth_Bear
Science-fiction novellete
Jemisin. The story was first published by Amazon Original Stories as part of the Forward short fiction collection in September 2019. The story was well
Emergency_Skin
Short story by Charles Sheffield
the 1993 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. The novelette involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest
Georgia on My Mind (novelette)
Georgia_on_My_Mind_(novelette)
American science fiction author
"The Secret Life of Bots", which won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2018. The story also won a WSFA Small Press Award and was a finalist for the Theodore
Suzanne_Palmer
Chinese science fiction writer
fiction author who writes under the pseudonym Hai Ya (Chinese: 海漄). A financial services worker living in Shenzhen, he won the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Hai_Ya
Magical realism short story
"The Day The World Turned Upside Down" is a magical realism story by Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt, first published in 2013 in Dutch as "De vis in
The Day the World Turned Upside Down
The_Day_the_World_Turned_Upside_Down
British science fiction novelist
Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies
Ian_McDonald_(British_author)
Short story by Elizabeth Bear
fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of the American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, and subsequently
Shoggoths_in_Bloom
1989 science fiction story
won the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1990. The Spanish translation won the 2001
Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another
Enter_a_Soldier._Later:_Enter_Another
Foundation drew attention to the contrast between the quasi-medieval society on Titan and the "advanced technology of the (probe's) control room", while
Eyes_of_Amber
1958 science fiction novella by Clifford D. Simak
included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973) after being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965. The story is about the conversion
The_Big_Front_Yard
1975 science fiction novelette by Larry Niven
"The Borderland of Sol" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Larry Niven. It is the fifth in the Known Space series of stories about crashlander
The_Borderland_of_Sol
Short story by Bruce Sterling
It deals with the eponymous character, who lives in a functioning anarchist community in the near future and has an encounter with the misguided authorities
Bicycle_Repairman
American science fiction author and commentator (born 1969)
including as All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night, received critical acclaim and won major literary awards including the Nebula Award
Charlie_Jane_Anders
American science fiction author (1947–2002)
nominated for the Nebula Award. He achieved his greatest success with the trilogy of Marîd Audran novels set in the Middle East in the 22nd century, with
George_Alec_Effinger
American writer (1916–2013)
for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This Is Me, Jack Vance!; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last
Jack_Vance
American novelist (1956–2022)
1998 won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. His 1999 collection is called Dakota Dreamin. Johnson attended the University of Iowa where he was the editor
Bill_Johnson_(author)
American science fiction writer (1904–1988)
reading the works of H. G. Wells as a child. His first contribution to the literature was "The World of the Red Sun", published by Hugo Gernsback in the December
Clifford_D._Simak
Science fiction pen-name of the 1940s and 1950s
Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, taken from their mothers' maiden names
Lewis_Padgett
Malaysian fantasy author (born 1986)
United Kingdom. She is known for her Sorcerer to the Crown series. She was the joint winner of the Crawford Award in 2015 for her short story collection
Zen_Cho
Short story by Fritz Leiber
"Gonna Roll the Bones" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Fritz Leiber, in which a character plays craps with Death. First published in Harlan
Gonna_Roll_the_Bones
American science fiction author (born 1951)
who has won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Kelly made his first fiction sale in 1975. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre
James_Patrick_Kelly
British-American science fiction author (born 1953)
most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human mind and technology.
Pat_Cadigan
American science fiction author
for the Nebula Award, and her debut novel A Song for a New Day won the 2019 Nebula for Best Novel while her story "Our Lady of the Open Road" won the 2016
Sarah_Pinsker
American screenwriter and novelist (born 1944)
the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the
David_Gerrold
science fiction elements. The two main awards given in American science fiction are the Hugos and the Nebulas. Complete lists of the short stories that won
List of science fiction short stories
List_of_science_fiction_short_stories
2022 Chinese novelette by Hai Ya
The Space-Time Painter (Chinese: 时空画师) is a science fiction novelette written by Chinese author Hai Ya. The story follows a police detective investigating
The_Space-Time_Painter
Short story by Michael Swanwick
published in the December 2002 issue of Analog Science Fiction. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2003. The story is set on Titan. The author wrote:
Slow_Life_(novelette)
Science fiction and fantasy literary award
The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novelette
American writer and editor
mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2001 for her story "Millennium Babies" and the 2003 Endeavour Award for The Disappeared 2002. Her
Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch
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Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
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Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Atmosphere
Boy/Male
Hindu
Deed, Action
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Garden devotion
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mayanshi | மாயாநà¯à®·à¯€Â
Related o Goddess Laxmi
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Free
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian and Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish : from Old Norse hella ‘flat stone’, ‘flagstone’, ‘flat mountain’ or hellir ‘cave’. As a Nowegian name this is generally a habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named. As a Swedish name, it is generally ornamental.English : variant spelling of Hell 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German helle ‘hell’ (modern German Hölle), used (often in field names) in a topographic sense to denote a hollow or a wild, precipitous place.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Glad tidings
Female
Hindi/Indian
(सीता) Variant spelling of Hindi Sita, SEETA means "furrow."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of or patronymic from Cook.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vighneshwar | விகà¯à®¨à¯‡à®·à¯à®µà®°
Lord of supreme knowledge
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v. t.
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
v. t.
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
An instrument for cracking nuts.
n.
The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
pron.
The objective case of they. See They.
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
def. art.
The.
n.
The parson bird.
v. t.
See Tie, the proper orthography.
n.
The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.
obj.
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
n.
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.
n.
A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.
n.
The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
v. i.
See Thee.
n.
The nutcracker.