a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | a separate part of a whole |
a portable container for carrying several objects | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games |
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | a portable gun |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | a work of art of some artistic value |
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | an item that is an instance of some type |
the housing or outer covering of something | a distance |
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | a musical work that has been created |
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | an artistic or literary composition |
the actual state of things | an instance of some kind |
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion |
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | a portion of a natural object |
a problem requiring investigation | a share of something |
a specific size and style of type within a type family | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition |
an occurrence of something | |
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | |
a person requiring professional services | |
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | |
the quantity contained in a case | |
a special set of circumstances | |
a specific state of mind that is temporary | |