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. |
Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Communication (n.) The act or fact of communicating |
Communication (n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages |
Communication (n.) Association |
Communication (n.) Means of communicating |
Communication (n.) That which is communicated or imparted |
Communication (n.) Participation in the Lord's supper. |
Communication (n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. |
Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. |
Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading. |
Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect |
Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others |
Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose |
Office (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself |
Office (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform |
Office (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted |
Office (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office |
Office (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. |
Office (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass |
Office (v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office |
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. |
Post office (n.) See under 4th Post. |
Self-action (n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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 |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
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 |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
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 |
communications technology | the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems |
digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
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 |
communications intelligence COMINT | technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients |
replay instant replay action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
group action | action taken by a group of people |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
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 |
approach trench communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
arena scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
communications satellite | an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth, moves in a geostationary orbit |
communication system communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
communication system | a system for communicating |
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 |
government office | an office where government employees work |
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 |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |