| abduction |
of a muscle, the act or process of drawing away from the main axis of the body. [1/2 definitions] |
| ablactation |
the act or process of weaning a baby. |
| abrasion |
the act or process of rubbing, scraping, or wearing away; friction. [1/2 definitions] |
| abridgment |
an act, process, or instance of abridging. [1/3 definitions] |
| abstain |
in parliamentary process, to refrain from casting a vote. [1/2 definitions] |
| accelerant |
a substance capable of accelerating a process, such as the spreading of a fire. |
| accelerate |
to cause (a particular activity or process) to happen faster. [1/4 definitions] |
| acceleration |
the act or process of accelerating. [1/2 definitions] |
| accession |
the act or process of agreeing; assent. [1/5 definitions] |
| accommodation |
the act or process of accommodating. [1/6 definitions] |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, esp. by additions from the outside. [2/3 definitions] |
| accrual |
the act or process of accruing. [1/2 definitions] |
| acculturation |
in sociology, the process of taking on the ways and values of a society or group. |
| accumulation |
the act or process of accumulating; collection. [1/3 definitions] |
| acidification |
the process of becoming, or causing to become, acid. |
| acquisition |
the act or process of acquiring. [1/2 definitions] |
| act |
the process of doing something. [1/14 definitions] |
| active |
currently operating, in process, or in effect. [1/7 definitions] |
| acupressure |
a process or technique intended to relieve pain or cure disease by the application of pressure with the hands to specific parts of the body. [1/2 definitions] |
| adaptation |
the act or process of adapting, or the state of being adapted. [4 definitions] |
| addition |
the act or process of adding. [1/3 definitions] |