Definition of action

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Action (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings..

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Cardiac :: Cardiac (a.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant..
Noble :: Noble (superl.) Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart..
Voltaism :: Voltaism (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals..
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion..
Facility :: Facility (n.) That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc..
Subdued :: Subduction (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.
Agent :: Agent (a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action..
Rubefaction :: Rubefaction (n.) The act or process of making red.
Work :: Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine..
Scratching :: Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
Counterstep :: Counterstep (n.) A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.
Distractedness :: Distractedness (n.) A state of being distracted; distraction.
Fractional :: Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population..
Mucilage :: Mucilage (n.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc..
Endosmometric :: Endosmometric (a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action..
Scenery :: Scenery (n.) Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence..
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
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