| feeling |
a general consciousness, perception, or sensation more or less independent of intellectual or physical activity. [1/10 definitions] |
| first cause |
a primary or original source, independent of, and not caused by, anything else. [1/2 definitions] |
| freelance |
a person who proceeds as an independent in politics with no allegiance to any one party. [1/6 definitions] |
| freewheeling |
(informal) free of restraint or obligation; independent, carefree, or irresponsible. [1/2 definitions] |
| function word |
a word such as an article, conjunction, or preposition that indicates grammatical structure or relationships but has little or no independent meaning. |
| Gerry Jackson |
founder and station manager of SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe's only independent radio station, which is broadcast from London, England. |
| histogram |
a bar graph of a frequency distribution in which the frequency of a variable is represented by the height of the bar, and the class interval by the width, where each class interval is a summary of data that represents a range of independent variable values rather than a single value. |
| independence |
the quality or state of being independent. [1/2 definitions] |
| independency |
the state or condition of being independent; independence. [2 definitions] |
| Jesús Hernández |
Cuban journalist, founder of the independent news agency, Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes (CAPI), and recipient of the 1999 International Press Freedom Award (b. 1974). |
| kingdom |
any area or field that is thought of as being an independent realm. [1/3 definitions] |
| main clause |
in grammar, esp. in a sentence that contains more than one clause, a clause that can function by itself as a sentence; independent clause. |
| Maria Montessori |
Italian-born U.S. psychiatrist and educator who founded an educational method for young children that emphasizes self-directed, independent learning and nurture of the whole personality (b.1870--d.1952). |
| massif |
a large mountain mass, often broken up into separate peaks and usu. forming an independent section of a mountain range. [1/2 definitions] |
| merge |
to unite in a single enterprise or body, as two or more previously independent business organizations. [1/5 definitions] |
| mosaic |
any assemblage of many independent pieces that make a whole. [1/6 definitions] |
| motile |
capable of independent motion. [1/2 definitions] |
| nation |
a people living under its own independent government. [1/3 definitions] |
| nationality |
the existence of an independent sovereign state. [1/4 definitions] |
| objective |
having reality or tangible existence independent of the observer. [1/7 definitions] |
| plasmagene |
a cytoplasmic structure or substance that is thought to carry hereditary characteristics and function in a manner similar to, but independent of, chromosomal genes. |