the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | acting in conformity |
something less than the whole of a human artifact | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible |
an item that is an instance of some type | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | a commercial organization serving as a common carrier |
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | a pipe used to transport liquids or gases |
that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | a telephone connection |
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | a particular kind of product or merchandise |
the extended spatial location of something | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it |
a portion of a natural object | a conceptual separation or distinction |
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning |
something determined in relation to something that includes it | a mark that is long relative to its width |
| text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
| a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
| a short personal letter |
| (often plural) a means of communication or access |
| persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress |
| the hereditary derivation of an individual |
| a formation of people or things one behind another |
| a connected series of events or actions or developments |
| a formation of people or things one beside another |
| a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area |
| a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) |
| a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum |
| the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
| space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising |
| a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point |
| a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface |