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. |
Class (n.) A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics |
Class (n.) A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. |
Class (n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc. |
Class (n.) A set |
Class (n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. |
Class (n.) To arrange in classes |
Class (n.) To divide into classes, as students |
Class (v. i.) To grouped or classed. |
First-class (a.) Of the best class |
Representative (a.) Fitted to represent |
Representative (a.) Bearing the character or power of another |
Representative (a.) Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people |
Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group |
Representative (a.) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions |
Representative (a.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge |
Representative (n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything) |
Representative (n.) An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. |
Representative (n.) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. |
Representative (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. |
Representative (n.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. |
Representative (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region. |
Second-class (a.) Of the rank or degree below the best highest |
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 |
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 |
stratified sampling representative sampling proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
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 |
course course of study course of instruction class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
art class | a class in which you learn to draw or paint |
childbirth-preparation class | a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor |
life class | an art class using a live human model |
shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
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 |
class struggle class war class warfare | conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes) |
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) |
course session class period recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
Schizomycetes class Schizomycetes | a former classification |
class Cyanobacteria Cyanophyceae class Cyanophyceae | photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins, once thought to be algae: blue-green algae |
Sarcodina class Sarcodina | characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda, Rhizopoda |
Ciliata class Ciliata Ciliophora class Ciliophora | class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle |
Chrysophyceae class Chrysophyceae Heterokontae class Heterokontae | all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length |
Xanthophyceae class Xanthophyceae | yellow-green algae |
Bacillariophyceae class Bacillariophyceae Diatomophyceae class Diatomophyceae | marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms |
Phaeophyceae class Phaeophyceae | brown algae, mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae |
Cyclosporeae class Cyclosporeae | in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales |
Euglenophyceae class Euglenophyceae | coextensive with the division Euglenophyta |
Chlorophyceae class Chlorophyceae | algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments |
Ulvophyceae class Ulvophyceae | alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications |
Charophyceae class Charophyceae | in some classifications: contains only the order Charales |
Rhodophyceae class Rhodophyceae | coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae |
Mastigophora class Mastigophora Flagellata class Flagellata | protozoa having flagella |
Cryptophyceae class Cryptophyceae | motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae |
Sporozoa class Sporozoa | strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile, includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites |
Ascidiaceae class Ascidiaceae | sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts |
Thaliacea class Thaliacea | small class of free-swimming tunicates, sometimes classified as an order |
Larvacea class Larvacea | small free-swimming tunicates, sometimes classified as an order |
Placodermi class Placodermi | extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws |
Chondrichthyes class Chondrichthyes | cartilaginous fishes |
Aves class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
amphibia class Amphibia | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians |
Reptilia class Reptilia | class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates, once the dominant land animals |