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. |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bill
(n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. |
Bill
(v. i.) To strike |
Bill
(v. i.) To join bills, as doves |
Bill
(n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern |
Bill
(n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle |
Bill
(n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. |
Bill
(n.) One who wields a bill |
Bill
(n.) A pickax, or mattock. |
Bill
(n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor |
Bill
(v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill. |
Bill
(n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. |
Bill
(n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. |
Bill
(n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment |
Bill
(n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods |
Bill
(n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge |
Bill
(n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars |
Bill
(v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice. |
Bill
(v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill |
Bill book
() A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Bill broker
() One who negotiates the discount of bills. |
Bill holder
() A person who holds a bill or acceptance. |
Bill holder
() A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. |
Brown bill
() A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Duck's-bill
(a.) Having the form of a duck's bill. |
Hedging bill
() A hedge bill. See under Hedge. |
Ivory-bill
(n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. |
Parrot's-bill
(n.) The glory pea. See under Glory. |
Self-action
(n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Speckled-bill
(n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). |
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 |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
| bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
| 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 |
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) |
| bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it |
| job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
beak
bill
neb nib
pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
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 |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
| bill billhook | a long-handled saw with a curved blade, he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree |
| 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 |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| action | the series of events that form a plot, his novels always have a lot of action |
| bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
| bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) |
| bill of entry | a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import |
| bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
menu
bill of fare
card carte du jour
carte | a list of dishes available at a restaurant, the menu was in French |
| bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
| electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used |
| hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel |
medical bill
doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
| tax bill | money owed for taxes |