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- English Word Acrotism Definition Lack or defect of pulsation.
- English Word Acrotomous Definition Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
- English Word Acrylic Definition Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
- English Word Act Definition That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
- English Word Act Definition The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
- English Word Act Definition A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
- English Word Act Definition A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
- English Word Act Definition A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- English Word Act Definition A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
- English Word Act Definition Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
- English Word Act Definition To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
- English Word Act Definition To perform; to execute; to do.
- English Word Act Definition To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
- English Word Act Definition To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
- English Word Act Definition To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
- English Word Act Definition To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
- English Word Act Definition To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
- English Word Act Definition To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
- English Word Act Definition To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
- English Word Actable Definition Capable of being acted.
- English Word Acted Definition of Act
- English Word Actinal Definition Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.
- English Word Actinaria Definition A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
- English Word Acting Definition of Act
- English Word Acting Definition Operating in any way.
- English Word Acting Definition Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
- English Word Actinia Definition An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
- English Word Actinia Definition A genus in the family Actinidae.
- English Word Actiniae Definition of Actinia
- English Word Actinias Definition of Actinia