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] |