the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | sharp end |
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | a wall socket |
something less than the whole of a human artifact | the gun muzzle's direction |
an item that is an instance of some type | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip |
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | an outstanding characteristic |
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic |
that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | a geometric element that has position but no extension |
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole |
the extended spatial location of something | the object of an activity |
a portion of a natural object | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations |
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | a brief version of the essential meaning of something |
something determined in relation to something that includes it | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer |
| a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list |
| the dot at the left of a decimal fraction |
| the precise location of something; a spatially limited location |
| a promontory extending out into a large body of water |
| one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan |
| a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch |
| the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest |
| any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass |
| a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect |
| a V shape |
| a very small circular shape |
| a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
| an instant of time |