| absolutist |
characterized by ideas, or a belief in ideas, whose truth is unconditional and not subject to any external standard. [1/3 definitions] |
| accidence |
the principles or rudiments of a subject. [1/2 definitions] |
| accursed |
having been made the subject of a curse; damned. [1/2 definitions] |
| active |
in grammar, designating the voice or form of a verb whose subject acts through the verb, rather than being the object of the verb's action, such as "signed" in "Five petitioners signed the document". (Cf. passive.) [1/7 definitions] |
| agent provocateur |
(French) a secret agent who incites other people to commit acts that will subject them to punishment or prosecution, or who incites others to acts of rebellion or subversion; troublemaker. |
| agreement |
in grammar, correspondence between the number, person, or grammatical gender of two syntactically connected words, esp.that of subject and verb or adjective and noun. [1/5 definitions] |
| alphabet |
the fundamental principles of a subject; rudiments. [1/2 definitions] |
| amoral |
not subject to moral distinctions; neither moral nor immoral. [1/2 definitions] |
| -ana |
collected items or information pertaining to (such) a subject. |
| -ant |
one that is subject to (such) an action. [1/4 definitions] |
| arguable |
suitable as a subject for argument. [1/2 definitions] |
| arithmetic |
a book on the subject of arithmetic. [1/3 definitions] |
| article |
a piece of nonfiction writing on a particular subject, as in a magazine. [1/4 definitions] |
| assay |
to subject to chemical analysis to determine composition, quality, or potency, as with drugs or precious metals; make an assay of. [1/8 definitions] |
| assignation |
the act or subject of assigning; assignment. [1/2 definitions] |
| atomize |
to subject to the effects of an atomic weapon. [1/3 definitions] |
| at someone's beck and call |
willing to fulfill or subject to another's commands or wishes. |
| bank account |
at a bank, the funds credited to a depositor and subject to withdrawal by him or her. |
| barrage |
to subject to a barrage, as of gunfire or words. [1/3 definitions] |
| be |
(in constructions linking a subject and predicate) to equal or to possess the characteristic or quality of. [1/10 definitions] |
| beat |
one's regular professional territory or subject matter. [1/15 definitions] |