n. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"

n. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"

n. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

n. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

n. the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

n. a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

n. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

n. a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"

n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

n. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"

n. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

n. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

n. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

n. a current below the surface of a fluid

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

n. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

n. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

n. the act or process of dividing

n. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

n. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

n. self-propelled movement

n. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

n. a journey organized for a particular purpose

n. a journey to a sacred place

n. (search)

n. the act of traveling from one place to another

n. a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"

n. genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"

n. the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

n. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

n. use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

adj. capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"

adj. capable of being detected; "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued"

adj. can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"

adj. has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job"

adj. capable of being inferred on slight grounds

adj. likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"

adj. based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

adj. noticeable in an unpleasant way: "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"

adj. not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

adj. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

adj. obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

adj. capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"

adj. capable or worthy of being perceived; "noticeable shadows under her eyes"; "noticeable for its vivid historical background"; "a noticeable lack of friendliness"

adj. extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

adj. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

adj. lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

adj. (of handwriting, print, etc.) able to be read; "legible handwriting"

adj. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

adj. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

adj. "naked ambition"

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

adj. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language"

adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

adj. free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"

adj. not possible to deny

adj. too obvious to be doubted

adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"

adj. lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

adj. holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

adj. impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

adj. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

adj. determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

adj. generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"

adj. incapable of being questioned; "unquestionable authority"

adj. (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a circumpolar star"

adj. at or within a reasonable distance for seeing; "not a policeman in sight"; "kept the monkey in view"

adj. able to be seen; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"

adj. including everything visible in one view; "a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base"; "a panoptic stain used in microscopy"

adj. visible only with a telescope; "a bright star with a telescopic companion"

adj. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"

adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"

adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

adj. lacking intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "shallow people"

adj. (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel"

adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"

adj. involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"

adj. evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"

adj. capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare"; "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot

adj. needing no explanation

adj. easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

adj. made more obvious or prominent; "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features"

n. the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"