| abstract | (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
| act | (noun) something that people do or cause to happen | Synonyms: deed, human action, human activity |
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| (noun) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet | - |
| (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: bit, number, routine, turn |
| (noun) a manifestation of insincerity | - |
| artefact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artifact |
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| artifact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artefact |
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| autodidact | (noun) a person who has taught himself | - |
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| bract | (noun) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | - |
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| cataphract | (noun) armor that protects the wearer's whole body | Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
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| cataract | (noun) a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
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| (noun) an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye | - |
| compact | (noun) a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse | Synonyms: powder compact |
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| (noun) a small and economical car | Synonyms: compact car |
| (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: concordat, covenant |
| contact | (noun) the act of touching physically | Synonyms: physical contact |
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| (noun) close interaction | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | Synonyms: tangency |
| (noun) a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | Synonyms: contact lens |
| (noun) a channel for communication between groups | Synonyms: inter-group communication, liaison, link |
| (noun) a communicative interaction | Synonyms: touch |
| (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: impinging, striking |
| (noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | Synonyms: middleman |
| (noun) the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | - |
| contract | (noun) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | Synonyms: contract bridge |
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| (noun) a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | - |
| (noun) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | Synonyms: declaration |
| extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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| (noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
| fact | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | - |
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| (noun) a concept whose truth can be proved | - |
| (noun) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened | - |
| (noun) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed | - |
| impact | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impingement |
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| (noun) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | Synonyms: shock |
| (noun) the striking of one body against another | - |
| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: wallop |
| pact | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: accord, treaty |
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| redact | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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| subcompact | (noun) a car smaller than a compact car | Synonyms: subcompact car |
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| subcontract | (noun) a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract | - |
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| tact | (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | Synonyms: tactfulness |
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| tesseract | (noun) the four-dimensional analogue of a cube | - |
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| tocktact | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: ticktock, tictac |
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| tract | (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway |
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| (noun) a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose | - |
| (noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet | Synonyms: pamphlet |
| (noun) an extended area of land | Synonyms: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land |