power

the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)

valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share

(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

superiority in power or influence

power to influence or coerce

the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty

the power of argument or evidence to cause belief

the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist

the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

the attribute of being of interest at the present time

interest and variety and intensity

the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses

complete power over a person or situation

controlling influence

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

the oppressive influence of past events or decisions

a powerful effect or influence

an intellectual hold or understanding

the power to repel

power to direct or determine

the power or right to give orders or make decisions

control of a state or organization by large interest groups

power by which something or someone is affected or dominated

rigorous or ruthless control

any means of control

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

the power to use something or someone

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the Moon

a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966

a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth

the personification of death

a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name

an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics

imaginary people who live on the planet Mars

an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)

a personification of frost or winter weather

(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit

the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas

an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb

(Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle

(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God

(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait

the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes

(Greek mythology) founder of Troy

(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods

(Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss

(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster

(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife

(Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia

(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

(Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold

(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again

(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection

(German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried

(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)

(Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War

(Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon

(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination

(Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus

(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart

(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart

legendary friend of Gilgamish

legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics

wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood

(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her

(Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea

(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers

(Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome

(Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus

(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned

(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus

(Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus

(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation

(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

(Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality

(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils

(Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin

(Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland

(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together

(Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull

(European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund

a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad

(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece

(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father

(Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus

(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey

(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus

(Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them

(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica

(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it

a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid

(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus

(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War

(Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess

(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War

(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him

(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death

(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus

(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)

(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them

(Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus

(Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy

(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles

(Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother

a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles

(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War

(Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda

(Greek mythology) the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra

(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada

a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd

(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada

a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd

in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie

(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece

an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children

the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon

(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880

a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada

hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill

a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll

a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling

a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low

fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker

the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical

the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century

a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens

a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays

a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton

an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge

the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses

the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)

a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester

the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife

a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon

a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler

fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist

the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes

Japanese sleuth created by John Marquand

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife

an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire

a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man

fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner

the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up

the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning

a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face

a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain

the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens

an imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania

a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs

the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain

the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880

a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

a personification of the United States government

a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle

the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages

a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz

the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment

the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

the principal character in a work of fiction

one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift

legendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength

a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother

a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil

legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor

the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island

a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself

a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other

(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other

a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward

the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically

fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers

singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali

fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs

one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift

a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot

(Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail

(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table

(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table

(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere

(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor

the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

a supply of ways of accomplishing something

ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

the ability to lead

the leadership ability of a military general

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

mental ability

the capacity to understand a broad range of topics

knowledge and intellectual ability

intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language

intelligence in the use and comprehension of language

intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind

unusual mental ability

intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules

a quick and penetrating intelligence

intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception

inherent ability

inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

an aptitude that may be developed

ability that is inherited

the ability to speak two languages colloquially

the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

the power to foresee the future

the ability to create

the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

exceptional creative ability

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

the creation of something in the mind

the power of creative imagination

the ability to think and act independently

originality by virtue of introducing new ideas

originality by virtue of being unconventional

originality by virtue of being new and surprising

ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

a natural skill

technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

an ability that has been acquired by training

skill in an occupation or trade

skill in handling and riding horses

the ability to read and write

skill in shooting

the skill of a master

skill in preparing mixed drinks

skill with numbers and mathematics

skill as an oarsman

skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy

skill in sailing

the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner

skills that are required for the life of soldier

skill in fencing

ability

more than ordinary ability

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

the faculty or power of mental concentration

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

the power of retaining and recalling past experience

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

the highest power of a term or variable

the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term

the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree

a degree of one

the exponent required to produce a given number

a logarithm to the base 10

a logarithm to the base e