…constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd…
…a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a cesium-133 atom…
…transfer (a military officer or other official or worker) temporarily to other employment or another position…
…a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a cesium-133 atom…
…a second that is occasionally inserted into the atomic scale of reckoning time in order to bring it into line with solar time. It is indicated by an additional beep in the time signal at the end of some years…
…an extra hand in some watches and clocks that moves around to indicate the seconds…
…anything used or held in reserve as support, replacement, or reinforcement, in particular…
…a person’s ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath…
…the second most important person in an organization or activity…
…a further ballot held to confirm the selection of a candidate where a previous ballot did not yield an absolute majority…
…a characteristic or habit in someone that appears to be instinctive because that person has behaved in a particular way so often…
…a retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack (a “first strike”)…
…(in sports) the players who are available to replace or relieve those who start a game…
…the set of permanent teeth that replace the milk teeth in humans and other mammals…
…the former communist block consisting of the Soviet Union and some countries in eastern Europe…
…a posture in which the feet form a straight line, being turned out to either side with the heels separated by the distance of a small step…
…a second presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the US to debate committee reports and in the UK to approve the bill’s general principles…
…the republican regime in France from the deposition of King Louis Philippe (1848) to the beginning of the Second Empire (1852)…
…a change of opinion or resolve reached after considering something again…
…used to ask someone to wait or pause for a short time…
…a period in someone’s adult life when they act as a child, either for fun or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities…
…denoting the offspring of parents who have immigrated to a particular country…
…a romantic vacation taken by a couple who have been married for some time…
