Nouns denoting acts or actions
- misappropriation
- wrongful borrowing
- prisoner of war censorship
- military censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forces
- headmastership
- the position of headmaster
- road construction
- the construction of roads
- sailing
- the departure of a vessel from a port
- neuroplasty
- plastic surgery of the nerves
- War of Greek Independence
- the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
- extradition
- the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
- veto
- a vote that blocks a decision
- insemination
- the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
- inspection
- a formal or official examination
- shearing
- removing by cutting off or clipping
- electrification
- the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group
- concubinage
- cohabitation without being legally married
- tanning
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- fan tan
- a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)
- rip
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- airing
- a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air
- pull-up
- an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
- eyedrop
- a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists
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