occurrence | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrent |
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(noun) an instance of something occurring | - |
occurrent | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrence |
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pedicure | (noun) professional care for the feet and toenails | - |
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precursor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, predecessor |
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(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: forerunner |
(noun) a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) | - |
procural | (noun) the act of getting possession of something | Synonyms: procurance, procurement |
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procurance | (noun) the act of getting possession of something | Synonyms: procural, procurement |
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procurator | (noun) (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes | - |
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(noun) a person authorized to act for another | Synonyms: placeholder, proxy |
procurement | (noun) the act of getting possession of something | Synonyms: procural, procurance |
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procurer | (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | Synonyms: fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce |
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(noun) someone who obtains or acquires | Synonyms: securer |
procuress | (noun) a woman pimp | - |
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recurrence | (noun) happening again (especially at regular intervals) | Synonyms: return |
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recursion | (noun) (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive | - |
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scurf | (noun) (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | - |
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(noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scale |
scurrility | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: billingsgate |
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scurry | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scramble |
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scurvy | (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | Synonyms: scorbutus |
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secureness | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture |
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(noun) the state of freedom from fear or danger | - |
securer | (noun) someone who obtains or acquires | Synonyms: procurer |
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security | (noun) measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc. | Synonyms: security measures |
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(noun) an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in | Synonyms: security measure, security system |
(noun) a guarantee that an obligation will be met | Synonyms: surety |
(noun) freedom from anxiety or fear | - |
(noun) a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers | Synonyms: security department |
(noun) property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation | Synonyms: surety |
(noun) defense against financial failure; financial independence | Synonyms: protection |
(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: certificate |
(noun) the state of being free from danger or injury | - |
sinecure | (noun) an office that involves minimal duties | - |
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(noun) a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached | - |
tubocurarine | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: curare |
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undercurrent | (noun) a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning | Synonyms: undertone |
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(noun) a current below the surface of a fluid | Synonyms: undertide |