Nouns denoting acts or actions
- unionization
- act of forming labor unions
- Satyagraha
- the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
- fait accompli
- an irreversible accomplishment
- pedicure
- professional care for the feet and toenails
- eleven-plus
- (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
- invasion of Iwo
- a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
- countermeasure
- an action taken to offset another action
- neurosurgery
- any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
- katharsis
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- holistic medicine
- medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors
- resurvey
- a new survey or study
- cut
- an unexcused absence from class
- anemometry
- measuring wind speed and direction
- dark ground illumination
- a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
- flower gardening
- the cultivation of flowering plants
- reconciliation
- getting two things to correspond
- medical evacuation
- the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
- decontamination
- the removal of contaminants
- escape
- a means or way of escaping
- cultivation
- the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
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