a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
a portable container for carrying several objects | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | an instance or single occasion for some event |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | a person's experience on a particular occasion |
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) |
the housing or outer covering of something | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock |
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event |
the actual state of things | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something |
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | a suitable moment |
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | |
a problem requiring investigation | |
a specific size and style of type within a type family | |
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 | |