the act of arousing an organism to action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
(physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) | a military engagement |
| an act by a government body or supranational organization |
| the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
| In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). |
| the trait of being active and energetic and forceful |
| the series of events that form a plot |
| a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| the state of being active |