the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin |
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved |
something less than the whole of a human artifact | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord |
an item that is an instance of some type | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | any sharply pointed projection |
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | |
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | |
that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | |
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | |
the extended spatial location of something | |
a portion of a natural object | |
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | |
something determined in relation to something that includes it | |