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. |
Civil (a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state |
Civil (a.) Subject to government |
Civil (a.) Performing the duties of a citizen |
Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics |
Civil (a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. |
Civil (a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. |
Moving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Move |
Moving (a.) Changing place or posture |
Moving (a.) Exciting movement of the mind |
Moving (n.) The act of changing place or posture |
Party (v.) A part or portion. |
Party (v.) A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association |
Party (v.) A part of a larger body of company |
Party (v.) A number of persons invited to a social entertainment |
Party (v.) One concerned or interested in an affair |
Party (v.) The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation |
Party (v.) Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. |
Party (v.) Cause |
Party (v.) A person |
Party (v.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries |
Party (v.) Partial |
Party (adv.) Partly. |
Party-coated (a.) Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. |
Party-colored (a.) Alt. of Parti-colored |
Self-action (n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Self-moving (a.) Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse. |
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 |
occupation occupancy moving in | the act of occupying or taking possession of a building, occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal |
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 |
attainder civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
party game | a game to amuse guests at a party |
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 |
tort civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
civil censorship | military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces |
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 |
civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
civil war | a war between factions in the same country |
replay instant replay action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
group action | action taken by a group of people |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
Boston Tea Party | demonstration () by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor, organized as a protest against taxes on tea |
civil disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination), Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience |
civil contempt | a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else |
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 |
civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant |
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) |
party spirit | devotion to a political party |
job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
Spanish Civil War | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government, during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries, - |
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 |
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 |
escalator moving staircase moving stairway | a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt |
moving van | a van used for moving home or office furniture |
party favor party favour favor favour | souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party |
party line | a telephone line serving two or more subscribers |
party wall | a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners |
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 |
civil right | right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the th and th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
civil liberty | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
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 |