the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly |
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 | (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another |
something done (usually as opposed to something said) | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
a military engagement | separation resulting from hostility |
an act by a government body or supranational organization | |
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 | |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
the state of being active | |