failure | an unexpected omission, he resented my failure to return his call, the mechanic's failure to check the brakes |
failure | an act that fails, his failure to pass the test |
actual sin | a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin) |
actual possession | (law) immediate and direct physical control over property |
actual eviction | the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises, the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent |
computer keyboard keypad | a keyboard that is a data input device for computers, arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard |
keyboard | holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung |
keyboard | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like |
keyboard buffer | a buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them |
keyboard instrument | a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard |
piano keyboard fingerboard clavier | a bank of keys on a musical instrument |
QWERTY keyboard | the standard typewriter keyboard, the keys for Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six from the left on the top row of letter keys |
typewriter keyboard | a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed |
failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose, the surprise party was a complete failure |
breakdown equipment failure | a cessation of normal operation, there was a power breakdown |
brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
engine failure | engine does not run |
power outage power failure | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails, the ice storm caused a power outage |
failure loser nonstarter unsuccessful person | a person with a record of failing, someone who loses consistently |
actual damages compensatory damages general damages | (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated |
failure | loss of ability to function normally, kidney failure |
circulatory failure | failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues |
heart failure coronary failure | inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions |
congestive heart failure | inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues |
renal failure kidney failure | inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance |
acute renal failure acute kidney failure | renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract |
chronic renal failure chronic kidney failure | renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders |
failure | lack of success, he felt that his entire life had been a failure, that year there was a crop failure |
bankruptcy failure | inability to discharge all your debts as they come due, the company had to declare bankruptcy, fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks |
bank failure | the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations |
crop failure | the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus |
actual existent | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible, the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different, actual and imagined conditions |
actual | being or existing at the present moment, the ship's actual position is miles due south of Key West |
actual | taking place in reality, not pretended or imitated, we saw the actual wedding on television, filmed the actual beating |
actual factual | existing in act or fact, rocks and trees...the actual world, actual heroism, the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced |
actual genuine literal real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something, her actual motive, a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton, a genuine dilemma |