the activity of managing or exerting control over something | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal |
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc | an indication of damage |
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
power to direct or determine | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember |
discipline in personal and social activities | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) |
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) |
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment | a symbol of disgrace or infamy |
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. | a distinguishing symbol |
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance | a visible indication made on a surface |
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another | a reference point to shoot at |
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) |
| a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
| formerly the basic unit of money in Germany |