Action (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action (n.) An act |
Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action (n.) Movement |
Action (n.) Effective motion |
Action (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action (n.) Gesticulation |
Action (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action (n.) A right of action |
Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
Black letter () The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. |
Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter |
Black-letter (a.) Given to the study of books in black letter |
Black-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky |
Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading. |
Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect |
Ex-official (a.) Proceeding from office or authority. |
Extra-official (a.) Not prescribed by official duty. |
Letter (n.) One who lets or permits |
Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders. |
Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech |
Letter (n.) A written or printed communication |
Letter (n.) A writing |
Letter (n.) Verbal expression |
Letter (n.) A single type |
Letter (n.) Learning |
Letter (n.) A letter |
Letter (v. t.) To impress with letters |
News-letter (n.) A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers. |
Official (n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust |
Official (n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority |
Official (n.) Approved by authority |
Official (n.) Discharging an office or function. |
Official (a.) One who holds an office |
Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. |
Patent (a.) Open |
Patent (a.) Open to public perusal |
Patent (a.) Appropriated or protected by letters patent |
Patent (a.) Spreading |
Patent (a.) A letter patent, or letters patent |
Patent (a.) A writing securing to an invention. |
Patent (a.) A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands. |
Patent (a.) The right or privilege conferred by such a document |
Patent (v. t.) To grant by patent |
Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together. |
Red-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter |
Sea letter () The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
performance execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
official immunity | personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority |
action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field, the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds, gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible |
patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
reflex reflex response reflex action instinctive reflex innate reflex inborn reflex unconditioned reflex physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
military action action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
replay instant replay action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
group action | action taken by a group of people |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
legal action action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, recent federal action undermined the segregationist position, the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues, the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves |
class action class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
Abstract Expressionism action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
delayed action | a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
letter bomb parcel bomb package bomb | a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened |
letter case | case for carrying letters |
letter opener paper knife paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
mailbox letter box | a private box for delivery of mail |
patent log screw log taffrail log | a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
patent medicine | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
postbox mailbox letter box | public box for deposit of mail |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
action | the trait of being active and energetic and forceful, a man of action |
right of action | the legal right to sue |
patent right | the right granted by a patent, especially the exclusive right to an invention |
patent ductus arteriosus | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth, may require surgical correction |
possibility possible action opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
impossibility impossible action | an alternative that is not available |
law of mass action | (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances |
third law of motion Newton's third law of motion Newton's third law law of action and reaction | action and reaction are equal and opposite |
plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
patent system | a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors |
mass-action principle mass action | (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning |
patent law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |
stationery letter paper | paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters, usually with matching envelopes |
letter telegram | a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day |
four-letter word four-letter Anglo-Saxon word | any of several short English words (often having letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive |
action | the series of events that form a plot, his novels always have a lot of action |
Letter of Jeremiah Epistle of Jeremiah | an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry |