A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
The effort of performing or doing something.
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
A way of motion or functioning.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
Fast-paced activity.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Sexual intercourse.
Combat.
spin put on the bowling ball.
The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
arrogant
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
An instance or event as a topic of study.
A box, sheath, or covering generally.
A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
A suitcase.
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
An actual event, situation, or fact.
A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
An enclosing frame or casing.
A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
Four of a kind.
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
The last remaining card of a particular rank.