A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
To cast off or out; to reject.
To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
To wash oneself.
Broken away (from restraint).
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Curt in manner; brusque; rude; uncivil; impolite.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
Not existing; lacking.
Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
Absentee; a person who is away on occasion.
In the absence of; without.
To keep (oneself) away.
To keep (someone) away.
Stay away; withdraw.
To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.
In a bursting condition.
A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10-8 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10-7 watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
Emphasis or importance in general.
A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Expressions in general; speech.
Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A distinctive feature or quality.
To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
To mark with written accents.
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
To admit to a place or a group.
To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
To endure patiently.
To agree to pay.
To receive officially.
To receive something willingly.
To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
To approach; to come up to.
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
To adjoin; to lie alongside.
To solicit sexually.
To assault (the most common modern usage).
Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives
the triglyceride of acetic acid
The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
An intended action or deed.
The occupation of an actor.
The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.
Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
A way of motion or functioning.
A fast-paced activity.
A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.Marshall Cavendish Corporation Growing Up with Science p.1079
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
spin put on the bowling ball.
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
To initiate a legal action against someone.
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
Like, characteristic, or typical of an actor
Existing in act or reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
Factual, real, not just apparent or even false.
In action at the time being; now existing; current.
Active, not passive.
Used to emphasise a noun or verb, whether something is real or metaphorical.
An actual, real one; notably:
Something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
A radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
A fine cotton cloth of India.
An atom that lies on a crystal surface
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
An adherent or fan (of something)
To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a drug
To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
To draw towards a center or a middle line.
The product of an addition reaction
To take away.
To exhort; to advise.
To set in order; to array.
Any of a group of solar deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
name used in India.
To improve or rectify.
To settle an insurance claim.
To change to fit circumstances.
Linked or fused to something unlike itself.
Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently
Floating at random.
Absent from his watch.
Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
To transport something by advection
An advertisement, an ad.
To turn attention.
To call attention, refer; construed with to.
The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given.
A private chamber; a sanctum.
To supply oxygen or air.
To influence or alter.
To move to emotion.
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
To dispose or incline.
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
To assign; to appoint.
To aim for, to try to obtain.
To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
One's mood or inclination; mental state.
A desire, an appetite.
A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded.
Out at sea.
Making successful progress under one's own steam.
in front; face to face
in front of
Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
A person who behaves in an ageist manner.
To heap up.
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Any paternal male relative.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.