a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air |
a portable container for carrying several objects | a socially awkward or tactless act |
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | an unexpected slide |
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
the housing or outer covering of something | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow |
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
the actual state of things | a small sheet of paper |
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | a slippery smoothness |
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
a problem requiring investigation | a place where a craft can be made fast |
a specific size and style of type within a type family | a young and slender person |
an occurrence of something | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
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 | |