Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power |
Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor |
Agency (n.) The place of business of am agent. |
Anti-trade (n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
Atomic (a.) Alt. of Atomical |
Bas-relief (n.) Low relief |
Bass-relief (n.) Some as Bas-relief. |
Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Breast-high (a.) High as the breast. |
Capital (n.) Of or pertaining to the head. |
Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life |
Capital (n.) First in importance |
Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation |
Capital (n.) Of first rate quality |
Capital (n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column. |
Capital (n.) The seat of government |
Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc. |
Capital (a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. |
Capital (a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. |
Capital (a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts. |
Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book. |
Capital (a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a. |
Centre (v. i.) To be placed in a center |
Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point |
Centre (v. t.) To place or fix in the center or on a central point. |
Centre (v. t.) To collect to a point |
Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. |
Centre (n. & v.) See Center. |
Change (v. t.) To alter |
Change (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else |
Change (v. t.) To give and take reciprocally |
Change (v. t.) Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for |
Change (v. i.) To be altered |
Change (v. i.) To pass from one phase to another |
Change (v. t.) Any variation or alteration |
Change (v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another |
Change (v. t.) A passing from one phase to another |
Change (v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series |
Change (v. t.) That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. |
Change (v. t.) Small money |
Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business |
Change (v. t.) A public house |
Change (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. |
Chief justice () The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. |
Child (n.) A son or a daughter |
Child (n.) A descendant, however remote |
Child (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another |
Child (n.) A noble youth. See Childe. |
Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth |
causal agent cause causal agency | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
drug bust drugs bust | seizure of illegal drugs by the police |
capture gaining control seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
counterpunch parry counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
means agency way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
withdrawal drug withdrawal | the termination of drug taking |
development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
recompense compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
overhaul inspection and repair service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
international flight | a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another |
change of direction reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
easing easement alleviation relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance), he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain |
change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
child abuse | the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children |
child neglect | failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child |
play child's play | activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules, Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child |
high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
child's game | a game enjoyed by children |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
all fours high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks high jinks hijinks high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
program programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
cinch breeze picnic snap duck soup child's play pushover walkover piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
works deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others, the mayor tried to maintain city services, the medical services are excellent |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
President of the United States President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
Attorney General Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
Secretary of Education Education Secretary | the position of the head of the Education Department, the post of Education Secretary was created in |
Secretary of Energy Energy Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Energy, the post of Energy Secretary was created in |