…denoting a blow or throw executed with the arm not fully extended or with motion from the elbow only…
…denoting a plant that needs a daily period of darkness of more than a certain length to initiate flowering, which therefore happens naturally as the days shorten in the autumn…
…the part of a stock market which deals in short-term stocks or other securities or commodities…
…a batted or thrown ball that hits the ground and is caught low just as it makes a bounce…
…have a tendency to lose one’s temper quickly…
…sell stock or other securities or commodities which one does not own at the time, in the hope of buying at a lower price before the delivery time…
…a relatively short distance in terms of travel or the transport of goods…
…a length less than that of a horse’s head (used in referring to the distance by which a horse wins or loses)…
…a metrical pattern for hymns in which the stanzas have four lines with 6, 6, 8, and 6 syllables…
…an order or dish of food which can be quickly prepared and served…
…(especially of a vehicle or missile) only able to be used or be effective over short distances…
…a score in which the parts are condensed on to a small number of staves…
…the inability to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eyes, owing to the focusing of rays of light by the eye at a point in front of the retina…
…denoting or relating to people staying somewhere for only a short period…
…a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel…
…(in bridge or whist) a holding of only one or two cards of one suit in a hand…
…occurring in or relating to a relatively short period of future time…
…the condition of working fewer than the regular hours per day or days per week…
…a radio wave of a wavelength between about 10 and 100 m (and a frequency of about 3 to 30 MHz)…
…(chiefly of a drug) having effects that only last for a short time…
…an electrical circuit in a device of lower resistance than that of a normal circuit, especially one resulting from the unintended contact of components and consequent accidental diversion of the current…
