than : Idioms & Phrases


heavier-than-air

  • adjective satellite relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces
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heavier-than-air craft

  • noun a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it
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holier-than-thou

  • adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
    pharisaic; self-righteous; sanctimonious; pietistic; pharisaical; pietistical.
    • a sickening sanctimonious smile
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larger-than-life

  • adjective satellite very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
    epic; heroic.
    • an epic voyage
    • of heroic proportions
    • heroic sculpture
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lighter-than-air

  • adjective satellite relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces
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lighter-than-air craft

  • noun aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
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more often than not

  • adverb usually; as a rule
    by and large; generally; mostly.
    • by and large it doesn't rain much here
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more than

  • adjective (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
    more.
    • more land
    • more support
    • more rain fell
    • more than a gallon
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other than

  • adverb in another and different manner;
    differently; otherwise.
    • very soon you will know differently
    • she thought otherwise
    • there is no way out other than the fire escape
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To be lever than

  • . See Had as lief, under Had.
Webster 1913