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noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- an authoritative command
- the state of being controlled or governed
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
adj
noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- something regarded as a normative example
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
verb
noun
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- rule of personal conduct
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- the power or authority to command
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
verb
noun
- A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
- A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
- A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
- Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
- A morality play.
- Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
noun
- A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
- The grounds of a large country house.
- Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- A number pool lottery
- A contract of insurance.
verb
noun
- an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
- category name
verb
noun
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Plot.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- Skillful guidance or management.
verb
- To carry out (something organized)
- To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- To behave.
- To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
noun
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
- Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
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adj
verb
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
noun
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- One's employer.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
noun
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
noun
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- A moving force.
- The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
adj
- Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- Able to change and adapt.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Changing; active; in motion.
verb
- To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
- To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
noun
noun
- A fundamental rule or principle.
- The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.
- A method of statutory interpretation, whereby a judge will deviate from a literal interpretation of the law to the extent necessary to circumvent obvious absurdities or (sometimes) conclusions repugnant to public policy.
adj
- demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
- pulled or drawn tight
- set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
- pressed tightly together
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
- of textiles
- securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- very drunk
- exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
- packed closely together
adj
adv
verb
- To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- To purpose, intend, plan.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To remember.
- To be careful about.
- To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
noun
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- Attention, consideration or thought.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
verb
- To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- To use the hands.
- To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- To manage, control, or direct.
- To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
noun
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- A point, an extremity of land.
- The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
verb
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
- To consider that.
- To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- To establish the location for someone.
- To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
noun
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A bank account.
- Profit; advantage.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
noun
- A policy or usual practice, by a person in authority, of permitting subordinates or constituents to visit his or her office unannounced and at any reasonable time for the purpose of discussing matters of concern.
- A governmental policy of encouraging immigration or of permitting increased access by foreigners for purposes of tourism, trade, investment, etc.
noun
- An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
- A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
- A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
verb
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
verb
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- To instruct or inform.
- To narrate.
- To reveal.
- To convey by speech; to say.
- To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
- To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- To be revealed.
- To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
noun
- A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
noun
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- an opinion formed by judging something
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
noun
- A method or direction of proceeding.
- A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
- Pathology.
- A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
- A metaphorical course or route; progress.
- A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.
- A course taken.
- A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
- A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
verb
noun
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- an opinion formed by judging something
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
verb
- To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
- To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
- To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
- To do (something); to execute.
- To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
- To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
- To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
- To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.
noun
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
- That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.
- A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
noun
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
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