n.
1.a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
2.a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
3.English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
4.English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
5.United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
Idiom of the Day
touch off (something) or touch (something) off
to cause something to fire or explode by lighting the fuse
The fire at the oil refinery touched off an explosion that destroyed many tanks.