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assignment Noun a duty that you are assigned to perform, especially in the armed forces
assignment Noun an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
assignment Noun the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
assignment Noun (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
assigning Noun the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
allocation Noun (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
allocation Noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
allocation Noun a share set aside for a specific purpose
airplane maneuver Noun a maneuver executed by an aircraft
abdominal delivery Noun the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
acceptation Noun the act of accepting with approval
acceptation Noun the accepted meaning of a word
acceptation Noun acceptance as true or valid
artifice Noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
agency Noun how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
agency Noun a business that serves other businesses
agency Noun an administrative unit of government
agency Noun the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
agency Noun the state of being in action or exerting power
avoidance Noun deliberately avoiding
ablactation Noun the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
ablactation Noun the cessation of lactation
aversion Noun the act of turning yourself, or your gaze, away
aversion Noun a feeling of intense dislike
averting Noun the act of turning yourself, or your gaze, away
averting Noun the act of preventing something from occurring
accommodation Noun (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
accommodation Noun the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
accommodation Noun living quarters provided for public convenience
accommodation Noun in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
accommodation Noun a settlement of differences
accommodation Noun making or becoming suitable
apostasy Noun the act of abandoning a party for cause
apostasy Noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
adaptation Noun (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
adaptation Noun a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
adaptation Noun the process of changing or adjusting to something
alteration Noun the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
alteration Noun the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
alteration Noun an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
adjustment Noun the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
adjustment Noun the act of adjusting something to match a standard
adjustment Noun making or becoming suitable
adjustment Noun an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
adjustment Noun the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
abnegation Noun renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
abnegation Noun the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
aeration Noun the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent
aeration Noun the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
anathematization Noun the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed