(n): an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
(n): the surrounding environment
(n): the area in which something exists or lives
(n): an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
(n): the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
(n): (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
(n): any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
(n): a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
(n): a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
(n): (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
(n): the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
(n): an intervening substance through which something is achieved
(n): the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
(n): a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
(n): the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(n): someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
(n): a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
(n): (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
(n): communication by means of transmitted signals
(n): an occupation for which you are especially well suited
(n): the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
(adj): around the middle of a scale of evaluation
(adj): vs. immoderate) -- (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
(adj): (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
(adj): vs. raw) -- (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
In my household, we refer to our cat this way. To differentiate from ourselves who are the "larges", and the "smalls" which are the the pocket-pets (rodents). A feral house-mouse is, then, similarly small, little or, better tiny; and insects are tiny or wee. If we had a ferret, I suspect it would be smallish or not-quite-medium]