…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 caesium-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 caesium-133 atom…
…a second which 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 bleep in the time signal at the end of some years…
…an extra hand in some watches and clocks which moves round to indicate the seconds…
…a battle line behind the front line to support it and make good its losses…
…a person’s ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath…
…the most (or second most) important person in an organization…
…a further ballot held to confirm the selection of a candidate where a previous ballot did not yield an absolute majority…
…a set of people or things grouped together as the second best…
…the prophesied return of Christ to Earth at the Last Judgement…
…denoting burns that cause blistering but not permanent scars…
…woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest…
…anticipate or predict (someone’s actions or thoughts) by guesswork…
…a tendency or habit that has become characteristic or instinctive…
…the supposed ability to perceive future or distant events; clairvoyance…
…a retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack (a ‘first strike’)…
…an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails…
…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 mortgage taken out on a property that is already mortgaged…
…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 UK to approve its general principles and in the US to debate committee reports…
…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 came to live in a particular country…
…by hearsay rather than direct observation or experience…
