| ABSTRACT | • abstract n. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. • abstract n. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. • abstract n. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. |
| ARTEFACT | • artefact n. (Australian spelling, British spelling) Alternative spelling of artifact. • ARTEFACT n. an object made by man, also ARTIFACT. |
| ARTIFACT | • artifact n. An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. • artifact n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin. • artifact n. Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element. |
| BENEFACT | • benefact v. (Transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward. • BENEFACT v. to confer a benefit upon. |
| CATARACT | • cataract n. (Obsolete) A waterspout. • cataract n. A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river. • cataract n. A flood of water. |
| CONTRACT | • contract n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or… • contract n. (Law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at… • contract n. (Law) The document containing such an agreement. |
| DIFFRACT | • diffract v. (Transitive) To cause diffraction. • diffract v. (Intransitive) To undergo diffraction. • DIFFRACT v. to separate into parts. |
| DISTRACT | • distract v. (Transitive) To divert the attention of. • distract v. (Transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction. • distract adj. (Obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder. |
| INTERACT | • interact v. (Intransitive) To act upon each other. • interact n. (Dated) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; a break between acts. • interact n. (Obsolete) Intermediate employment or time. |
| POSTFACT | • postfact adj. After the fact; after something has happened. • POSTFACT adj. of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments. |
| PREENACT | • preenact v. (Transitive) To enact in advance. • PREENACT v. to enact beforehand. |
| PROTRACT | • protract v. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. • protract v. To use a protractor. • protract v. (Surveying) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. |
| RETROACT | • retroact v. To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective. • RETROACT v. to act in return. |
| SUBTRACT | • subtract v. (Transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number. • SUBTRACT v. to take away, also SUBSTRACT. |
| TRANSACT | • transact v. (Transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action. • transact v. (Transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something. • transact v. (Intransitive) To conduct business. |
| UNDERACT | • underact v. To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness. • UNDERACT v. to act subtly and with restraint. |