…the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim…
…do something official or concerted to achieve an aim or deal with a problem…
…(of a gun) having a breech which is opened by turning a bolt and sliding it back…
…a form of independent front-wheel suspension in a motor vehicle…
…action in films involving filming real people or animals, as contrasted with animation or computer-generated effects…
…denoting a repeating firearm in which a new round is brought from the magazine into the breech by a slide action in line with the barrel…
…denoting a switch or relay that makes and breaks contact rapidly, whatever the speed of the activating mechanism…
…a doll representing a character known for vigorous activity, such as a soldier or superhero…
…a specific proposal for action to be taken, typically one arising from a discussion or meeting…
…a playback of part of a television broadcast, typically a slow-motion replay of an incident in a sporting event…
…a lawsuit filed or defended by an individual acting on behalf of a group…
…the use of strikes, demonstrations, or other public forms of protest rather than negotiation to achieve one’s demands…
…(of a gun) needing to be cocked by hand before it can be fired…
…a style of abstract painting in which paint is randomly splashed, thrown, or poured on to the canvas. It was made famous by Jackson Pollock, and formed part of the more general movement of abstract expressionism…
…studies carried out in the course of an activity or occupation, typically in the field of education, to improve the methods and approach of those involved…
…the positions taken up by military personnel in preparation for action (often as a command or signal to prepare for action)…
…operating or effective after a predetermined length of time…
…action taken to gain time, especially a military engagement that delays the advance of an enemy…
…an action brought for compensation or damages for loss of a thing from the person responsible, rather than for recovery of the thing itself…
…a man whose life is characterized by physical activity or deeds rather than by words or intellectual matters…
…the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell…
…action favouring those who tend to suffer from discrimination; positive discrimination…
…action taken by employees of a company as a protest, especially striking or working to rule…
…an organized programme of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal…
…a fact or facts that enable a person to bring an action against another…
…the principle that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances…
…the exertion of force by one body on another separated from the first by empty space…
…a share in an exciting or profitable enterprise…
…(in the US) an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, particularly at the federal level…
…the process by which an evicted tenant seeks to recover possession and damages…
…the operation of something after a predetermined length of time…
…each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action)…
…an action whereby a legal right or status is declared but nothing further is done…
…each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action)…
