a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees |
a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition |
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | insincere talk about religion or morals |
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force |
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit | |