Nouns denoting acts or actions
- penetration
- the act of entering into or through something
- pinball game
- a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
- glorification
- the act of glorifying (as in worship)
- portfolio
- the role of the head of a government department
- deceit
- the act of deceiving
- bank withdrawal
- the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank
- brainwashing
- forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
- pitching change
- replacing a pitcher in baseball
- tool
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- topical prostaglandin eyedrop
- a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway
- identity theft
- the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge
- valvotomy
- incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
- compulsion
- using force to cause something to occur
- readmission
- the act of admitting someone again
- deduction
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- own goal
- (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending
- electrocution
- killing by electric shock
- dummy whist
- a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up
- taxis
- the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
- debarkation
- the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
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