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instantly at once; without delay; immediately.
leech a kind of worm that lives in water or mud and sucks blood from animals. Leeches were once used in medicine to draw blood from people. Leaches are still sometimes used to prevent blood from clotting when reattaching fingers and toes that have been cut off.
longhorn a breed of cattle with very long horns. Longhorns were once raised in the southwestern United States for their meat but are now rare.
lye a strong substance used in making soap. It was once made from wood ashes.
mayfly a delicate insect with two pairs of wings. The mayfly larva may live for several years in a stream, lake, or river. Once it turns into an adult, it lives for only a few hours. [1/2 definitions]
minute hand the longer hand on a watch or a clock, which moves around the entire face once an hour and shows the minutes.
Mohawk a member of a Native American people who once lived along this river, and now lives in northern New York and Canada. The Mohawk belong to the Iroquois confederation of Six Nations. [1/2 definitions]
monthly showing up or happening once a month. [3/4 definitions]
newspaper a publication made of several large sheets of folded paper printed with news, opinions, advertisements, and other information. Most newspapers come out either every day or once a week.
now and then sometimes; every once and a while.
on the spot at once; immediately. [1/2 definitions]
outright immediately or all at once. [1/4 definitions]
over once again; again. [1/16 definitions]
pace1 the forward movement of a horse as it raises both hooves on the same side at once. [1/8 definitions]
papyrus a tall water plant of the Nile valley in Egypt grown as an ornamental plant and once used to make a material like paper. [1/2 definitions]
quarterly happening or appearing four times a year, often once every three months. [2 definitions]
rerun to run again or show once more. [1/3 definitions]
reuse to use again or use more than once.
right away at once; immediately.
right off at once; immediately.
right off the bat at once; immediately.