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. |
Insert
(v. t.) To set within something |
Main
(n.) A hand or match at dice. |
Main
(n.) A stake played for at dice. |
Main
(n.) The largest throw in a match at dice |
Main
(n.) A match at cockfighting. |
Main
(n.) A main-hamper. |
Main
(v.) Strength |
Main
(v.) The chief or principal part |
Main
(v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. |
Main
(v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island |
Main
(v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones |
Main
(a.) Very or extremely strong. |
Main
(a.) Vast |
Main
(a.) Unqualified |
Main
(a.) Principal |
Main
(a.) Important |
Main
(a.) Very |
Main-gauche
(n.) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right |
Main-hamper
(n.) A hamper to be carried in the hand |
Main yard
() The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. |
Picture
(n.) The art of painting |
Picture
(n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc. |
Picture
(n.) An image or resemblance |
Picture
(v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of |
Self-action
(n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Small
(superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind |
Small
(superl.) Being of slight consequence |
Small
(superl.) Envincing little worth or ability |
Small
(superl.) Not prolonged in duration |
Small
(superl.) Weak |
Small
(adv.) In or to small extent, quantity, or degree |
Small
(adv.) Not loudly |
Small
(n.) The small or slender part of a thing |
Small
(n.) Smallclothes. |
Small
(n.) Same as Little go. See under Little, a. |
Small
(v. t.) To make little or less. |
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 |
cut-in
insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film |
| cut-in insert | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program |
computer game
video game | a game played against a computer |
| 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 |
photography
picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming
cinematography
motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
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 |
surprise attack
coup de main | an attack without warning |
small civet
Viverricula indica
Viverricula malaccensis | a common civet of southeast Asia |
small white
Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
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 |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
| 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 |
| display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
| electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
firearm
piece small-arm | a portable gun, he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster |
gallery art gallery
picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
| gas main | a main that distributes gas |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
highway
main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
Identikit
Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
insert
inset | an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted |
| video iPod | (trademark) an iPod that can also play video files |
kinescope
picture tube
television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
| main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
| main course | a square mainsail |
main deck
second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
| main drag | the main street of a town or city |
| main line | the principal route of a transportation system |
| main rotor | rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a singleotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air |
main street
high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
| main-topmast | the topmast next above the mainmast |