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 |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
violence force | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists), he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one |
domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner, usually violence by men against women |
riot public violence | a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
means | an instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
ferocity fierceness furiousness fury vehemence violence wildness | the property of being wild or turbulent, the storm's violence |
Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
man of means rich man wealthy man | a man who is wealthy |
Johnson grass Aleppo grass means grass evergreen millet Sorghum halepense | tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder, naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land |
means substance | considerable capital (wealth or income), he is a man of means |
ways and means | resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) |
violence | a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. |
by all means | definitely or certainly, Visit us by all means |
by no means not by a long sight not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |
artificially unnaturally by artificial means | not according to nature, not by natural means, artificially induced conditions |
by hook or by crook by any means | in any way necessary, I'll pass this course by hook or by crook |