English words for 'natural process that causes something to form'
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noun
- natural process that causes something to form
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
- (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
- Capable of forming something.
- (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- capable of forming new cells and tissues
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
- an agent that causes a precipitate to form
- (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
- Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
adj
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
- (chiefly figurative) Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
- (chemistry) That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
- Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
noun
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the series of events that form a plot
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- 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
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Purposeful behavior.
- (military) Combat.
- A way of motion or functioning.
- The effort of performing or doing something.
- (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
- (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.
- A demonstration by activists.
- (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
- Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
- The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
- (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- (sciences) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
- Fast-paced activity.
- (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- (music) 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.
- (Christianity) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
- (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
- (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- (firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
- (literature) 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.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- any specific behavior
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
- the state of being active
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
- The property of substances to react with other substances
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
noun
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- a block of material used in construction work
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- a single undivided whole
- an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
- any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (education) A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- Ellipsis of international unit.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (retail) A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
- The number one.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
adj
noun
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
verb
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
noun
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a justification for something existing or happening
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
verb
conj
noun
- The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
- Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
- A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
- (machining) A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
- Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
- The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
- corrugated edge of a coin
verb
noun
- a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- a quantity obtained by multiplication
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
- A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
- Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
- (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
- (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
- The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
- (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
- (cosmetics, uncountable) Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.
- Anything that is produced; a result.
noun
- The act of being produced.
- the act or process of producing something
- (zoology) An extension or protrusion.
- The presentation of a theatrical work.
- The act of producing, making or creating something.
- (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
- That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
- (Scots law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
- An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
- The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
- (linguistics) Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
- (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
- The total amount produced.
- (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
- the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
- (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
- a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
noun
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
verb
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
adj
adj
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- Intensely vivid.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Acute, extreme, sharp.
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Likely to use physical force.
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
noun
- the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
- something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.
- The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
- That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
noun
- the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
- the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- the release of electrons from parent atoms
- a substance that is emitted or released
- The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
- (non-native speakers' English, broadcasting) A show; a program.
- Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
noun
- the act of arousing an organism to action
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
- (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
- (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
- An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.
- A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
noun
- That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
- (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.
- (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
- (education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- something that results
noun
- the discovery and description of the course of development of something
- the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- A regular path or track; a course.
- The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
- A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
- The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
verb
noun
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
- An intermediary.
- (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- (chemical industries) Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- (motor racing) A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
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verb
noun
- something that comes into existence as a result
- the process of coming into being; becoming reality
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
- (databases) The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
- The conversion of something into a physical form.
- (physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
noun
- something that comes into existence as a result
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- processes and functions of an organism
- the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
- A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
- The biology and/or form of a living organism.
noun
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
verb
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- create or produce in a mechanical way
verb
noun
- (cytology) An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
- (geology) A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
- A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
- (pathology) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
noun
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- the internal mechanism of a device
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
verb
noun
- (physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
- (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- (figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
- the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
noun
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
verb
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
verb
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
adj
adv
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
noun
- natural process that causes something to form
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
- (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
- Capable of forming something.
- (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- capable of forming new cells and tissues
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
- an agent that causes a precipitate to form
- (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
- Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
adj
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
- (chiefly figurative) Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
- (chemistry) That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
- Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
noun
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the series of events that form a plot
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- 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
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Purposeful behavior.
- (military) Combat.
- A way of motion or functioning.
- The effort of performing or doing something.
- (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
- (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.
- A demonstration by activists.
- (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
- Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
- The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
- (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- (sciences) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
- Fast-paced activity.
- (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- (music) 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.
- (Christianity) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
- (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
- (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- (firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
- (literature) 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.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- any specific behavior
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
- the state of being active
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
- The property of substances to react with other substances
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
noun
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- a block of material used in construction work
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- a single undivided whole
- an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
- any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (education) A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- Ellipsis of international unit.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (retail) A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
- The number one.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
adj
noun
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
noun
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a justification for something existing or happening
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
verb
conj
noun
- The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
- Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
- A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
- (machining) A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
- Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
- The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
- corrugated edge of a coin
verb
noun
- a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- a quantity obtained by multiplication
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
- A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
- Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
- (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
- (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
- The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
- (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
- (cosmetics, uncountable) Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.
- Anything that is produced; a result.
noun
- The act of being produced.
- the act or process of producing something
- (zoology) An extension or protrusion.
- The presentation of a theatrical work.
- The act of producing, making or creating something.
- (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
- That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
- (Scots law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
- An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
- The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
- (linguistics) Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
- (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
- The total amount produced.
- (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
- the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
- (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law
- a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
noun
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
verb
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
adj
noun
- the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
- something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.
- The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
- That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
noun
- the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
- the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- the release of electrons from parent atoms
- a substance that is emitted or released
- The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
- (non-native speakers' English, broadcasting) A show; a program.
- Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
noun
- the act of arousing an organism to action
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
- (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
- (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
- An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.
- A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
noun
- That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
- (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.
- (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
- (education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- something that results
noun
- the discovery and description of the course of development of something
- the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- A regular path or track; a course.
- The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
- A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
- The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
verb
noun
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
- An intermediary.
- (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- (chemical industries) Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- (motor racing) A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
adj
verb
noun
- something that comes into existence as a result
- the process of coming into being; becoming reality
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
- (databases) The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
- The conversion of something into a physical form.
- (physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
noun
- something that comes into existence as a result
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- processes and functions of an organism
- the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
- A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
- The biology and/or form of a living organism.
noun
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
verb
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- create or produce in a mechanical way
noun
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- the internal mechanism of a device
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
verb
noun
- (physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
- (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- (figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
- the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
noun
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
verb
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
noun
- a natural consequence of development
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
verb
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
adj
adv
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
verb
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
noun
- (cytology) An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
- (geology) A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
- A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
- (pathology) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
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adj
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- Intensely vivid.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Acute, extreme, sharp.
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Likely to use physical force.
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
- (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
- Capable of forming something.
- (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- capable of forming new cells and tissues
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning