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actuality	(often pl.) actual facts or circumstances. [1/2 definitions]
Aesop	an actual or legendary Greek writer of fables (620?-560? B.C.).
backdate	to mark with a date that is prior to the actual date; predate.
boomerang	to return to or adversely affect the originator, as an actual boomerang or as a scheme that backfires. [1/3 definitions]
case¹	things in reality; what is actual or true. [1/9 definitions]
concrete	existing as something solid or tangible; actual; real. [1/10 definitions]
cost-plus	the sum of the actual costs of manufacture and a previously fixed profit. [1/2 definitions]
cover story	(informal) a fictitious identity, purpose, or the like used to provide a plausible explanation for and conceal one's actual activities; alibi. [1/2 definitions]
credibility gap	an apparent disagreement between purported and actual facts. [1/2 definitions]
de facto	actual, esp. as opposed to what is believed to be the case or what is formally acknowledged. [1/3 definitions]
drivetrain	the assembly that transmits an engine's rotary motion to the actual means of propulsion such as a propeller or wheel.
educationist	a person specializing in the methods and theories of teaching or education, often one considered to be out of touch with the actual practice of teaching.
eponym	an actual or mythical person whose name is the source of the name of a city, nation, era, or the like.
face value	the actual value printed or stamped on the front of money, bonds, stock, or the like. [1/2 definitions]
fictionalize	to make fiction out of (actual events or people).
for real	(informal) real or really; actual or actually.
high	of great actual or potential force or power. [1/14 definitions]
Homer	an actual or legendary Greek poet (about the eighth century B.C.).
honest-to-goodness	(informal) true; actual; authentic.
hot war	actual military combat; open warfare. (Cf. cold war.)
in effigy	using an effigy or replica of someone, rather than the actual person.

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