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| about |
moving around. [1/12 definitions] |
| action |
the manner of a mechanism's moving or operating, or the mechanism itself. [1/8 definitions] |
| advancement |
the act, process, or result of moving forward; progress. [1/2 definitions] |
| adverse |
moving in an opposite direction. [1/3 definitions] |
| aerodynamic |
of a contour or surface, offering the minimum of resistance when moving through air. [1/2 definitions] |
| affecting |
emotionally moving. |
| afloat |
moving without guidance; drifting. [1/6 definitions] |
| airflow |
a flow of air, esp. around a moving vehicle, missile, or the like. |
| airless |
lacking moving air; windless; still. [1/2 definitions] |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. (Cf. eluvium.) |
| ambulant |
moving about; shifting from place to place. |
| ambulatory |
moving from place to place. [1/5 definitions] |
| anticlimax |
a disappointingly weak or ordinary conclusion or event, following events or statements that build expectations for something powerful or moving. [1/3 definitions] |
| anticyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of high barometric pressure, moving clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing cool, dry weather. (Cf. cyclone.) |
| antitrades |
westerly winds moving above and opposite to the trade winds in the tropics. |
| aphid |
a small soft-bodied and slow-moving insect that feeds by sucking the juices of plants; plant louse. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising; ascending. [1/4 definitions] |
| assembly line |
a set-up in a factory whereby a product being put together passes, in moving along a track, conveyor belt, or the like, a succession of stations with workers, each of whom adds, adjusts, or secures apart to the whole. |
| astir |
in action; moving. [1/2 definitions] |
| at rest |
inactive, not moving, or in repose. [1/2 definitions] |
| automotive |
moving by power generated internally. [1/2 definitions] |
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