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Video games database
The Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB) is a database of metadata and reviews of interactive fiction, founded in 2007. In November 2023, the database contained
Interactive_Fiction_Database
Software genre
free interactive fiction are distributed through community websites. These include the Interactive Fiction Database (IFDb), The Interactive Fiction Reviews
Interactive_fiction
2021, IFTF has operated the Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB), a database of metadata and reviews of interactive fiction, which was founded by Michael
Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation
Interactive_Fiction_Technology_Foundation
Online database of written speculative fiction and its creators
Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database
2012 video game
Counterfeit Monkey is a 2012 interactive fiction espionage game by Emily Short. The game is set in Anglophone Atlantis, the world's greatest center for
Counterfeit_Monkey
Programming language and design system
Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed
Inform
Database providing an authoritative source of bibliographic information
known as bibliographic and numeric databases, constituted a new type of information resource. Online interactive retrieval became commercially viable
Bibliographic_database
2018 video game
from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023. You Are Jeff Bezos at Itch.io You Are Jeff Bezos in the Interactive Fiction Database
You_Are_Jeff_Bezos
1985 video game
The Wizard of Oz is an illustrated interactive fiction game developed by and published by Windham Classics for the Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and
The Wizard of Oz (1985 video game)
The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1985_video_game)
1988 video game
Corruption is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls released in 1988. In this game, a successful stockbroker suddenly finds himself embroiled
Corruption_(1988_video_game)
Interactive fiction writer
Emily Short is an interactive fiction (IF) writer. From 2020 to 2023, she was creative director of Failbetter Games, the studio behind Fallen London and
Emily_Short
1987 video game
2024-08-17. Official website Shadowgate at MobyGames Shadowgate at Interactive Fiction Database Shadowgate can be played for free in the browser at the Internet
Shadowgate
American science fiction game award
role-playing game systems and an interactive film. The first year's award was won by Charlie Brooker for the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch;
Nebula Award for Best Game Writing
Nebula_Award_for_Best_Game_Writing
1984 video game
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction video game based on the comedic science fiction series of the same name. It was designed
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)
The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game)
1998 video game
of interactive fiction, and written in Inform. It has received both praise and criticism for its heavy focus on fiction rather than on interactivity. It
Photopia
2014 video game
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo is a horror-themed interactive fiction video game, developed by Michael Lutz and released via browser on October 15,
The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
The_Uncle_Who_Works_for_Nintendo
1980 video game
played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Wizard and the Princess at Lemon 64 Wizard and the Princess in the Interactive Fiction Database
Wizard_and_the_Princess
1976 video game
Adventure at the Interactive Fiction Database with downloadable versions for many platforms Colossal Cave Adventure at the Interactive Fiction Wiki with downloadable
Colossal_Cave_Adventure
1981 video game
download "Softporn" and see 1981 for yourself! Softporn Adventure at MobyGames Las Vegas at MobyGames Softporn Adventure in the Interactive Fiction Database
Softporn_Adventure
1985 video game
QuestBusters. July 1986. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 18 August 2016. A View to a Kill: The Computer Game at MobyGames A View to a Kill in the Interactive Fiction Database
A_View_to_a_Kill_(video_game)
1993 video game
an interactive fiction computer game created by Graham Nelson in 1993. Appearing in the beginning of the non-commercial era of interactive fiction, it
Curses_(video_game)
1986 interactive fiction game
Leather Goddesses of Phobos is an interactive fiction video game written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1986. It was released for the Amiga
Leather_Goddesses_of_Phobos
American software company
that produced numerous works of interactive fiction. They also produced a business application, a relational database called Cornerstone. Infocom was
Infocom
1985 video game
Nine Princes in Amber is an interactive fiction video game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in 1985
Nine Princes in Amber (video game)
Nine_Princes_in_Amber_(video_game)
Video game trilogy
distributed as freeware. The series was created by Neil deMause for the Interactive Fiction Competition. The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang (1997; TADS 2)
Frenetic_Five
1977 video game
at the Interactive Fiction Database with downloadable versions for many platforms Zork, Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III at the Interactive Fiction Wiki with
Zork
American sociologist, author and Celtic harpist
Judith Pintar is a sociologist and author of interactive fiction. As the Director of the Game Studies and Design Program, she teaches game studies, narrative
Judith_Pintar
1986 video game
SpectrumComputing.co.uk Masters of the Universe: Super Adventure at MobyGames Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure in the Interactive Fiction Database
Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure
Masters_of_the_Universe:_The_Super_Adventure
1986 video game
to Switch". Go Nintendo. Retrieved 21 December 2025. Uninvited at MobyGames Uninvited at Interactive Fiction Database Portals: 1980s Horror Video games
Uninvited_(video_game)
2010 indie visual novel
indie games of 2010. Digital: A Love Story is a visual novel, or interactive fiction game, where the game's story is told primarily through text. The
Digital:_A_Love_Story
1999 video game
Aisle is a 1999 interactive fiction video game whose major innovation is to allow only a single move and offer from it over a hundred possible outcomes
Aisle_(video_game)
Literary genre
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is the genre of speculative fiction that imagines advanced and futuristic changes in technology
Science_fiction
1987 video game
Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients is an interactive fiction video game developed by American studio Angelsoft and published by Mindscape in 1987
Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients
Indiana_Jones_in_Revenge_of_the_Ancients
Parody of science
pataphors. There is a band called Pataphor and an interactive fiction in the Interactive Fiction Database called "PataNoir", based on pataphors. Pataphor
'Pataphysics
1980 video game
Retrieved April 11, 2025. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mystery House. Mystery House at MobyGames Mystery House in the Interactive Fiction Database
Mystery_House
1984 video game
Peter Pan Hoare, Bill (February 1985). "Micro Reviews". Imagine (review) (23). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 45. Peter Pan in the Interactive Fiction Database
Peter_Pan_(video_game)
1998 video game
Anchorhead is a Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction game, originally written and published by Michael S. Gentry in 1998. The game is heavily inspired
Anchorhead
1984 video game
Fahrenheit 451 is an interactive fiction game released in 1984 based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Originally released by software
Fahrenheit_451_(video_game)
1987 video game
1987. p. 52 – via Internet Archive. Kobyashi Naru at MobyGames Tilt review Happy Computer review Kobyashi Naru in the Interactive Fiction Database v t e
Kobyashi_Naru
1984 video game
of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman Rendezvous with Rama at MobyGames Rendezvous with Rama in the Interactive Fiction Database v t e
Rendezvous with Rama (video game)
Rendezvous_with_Rama_(video_game)
1982 interactive fiction video game based on novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
what's going on 'behind the scene' in the ZX Spectrum version The Hobbit in the Interactive Fiction Database "1982: The Hobbit" from 50 Years of Text Games
The_Hobbit_(1982_video_game)
British writer and broadcaster (1953–2025)
biography". Waterstones. Retrieved 3 March 2025. "Michael Bywater – Interactive Fiction Database". IFDB. Retrieved 3 March 2025. "Gary Brooker Ensemble, Aldershot
Michael_Bywater
1984 video game
King Arthur's Quest is a first-person perspective graphic adventure interactive fiction video game developed by Five Ways Software and published by Hill
King_Arthur's_Quest
2014 video game
80 Days is an interactive fiction game developed and published by Inkle for iOS on July 31, 2014, and Android on December 15, 2014. It was released for
80_Days_(2014_video_game)
1987 video game
Publishing. p. 209. Shadows of Mordor at MobyGames Shadows of Mordor in the Interactive Fiction Database Shadows of Mordor at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Shadows_of_Mordor
1992 video game
Game Players PC Entertainment: 48, 50. Spellcasting 301: Spring Break at MobyGames Spellcasting 301: Spring Break in the Interactive Fiction Database
Spellcasting 301: Spring Break
Spellcasting_301:_Spring_Break
2003 video game
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an educational work of interactive fiction by American author Peter Nepstad, written in the TADS programming language
1893:_A_World's_Fair_Mystery
1989 interactive fiction game
November 2013. Morris, Dave (December 1989). "Computer Games". Games International (11): 53. Infocom-if.org entry Shogun in the Interactive Fiction Database
James_Clavell's_Shōgun
1982 video game
Matures". 2 April 2012. "Re: Emacs Lisp's future". 8 October 2014. Dunnet in the Interactive Fiction Database Source code, of the eLisp port, GPLv3 license
Dunnet_(video_game)
1986 video game
1987). "Voyages Beyond". Adventurer (10): 52. The Colour of Magic at SpectrumComputing.co.uk The Colour of Magic in the Interactive Fiction Database v t e
The Colour of Magic (video game)
The_Colour_of_Magic_(video_game)
2004 video game
Blue Chairs is an interactive fiction game by American author Chris Klimas. The piece opens at a party, where a man offers the player a bottle of a mysterious
Blue_Chairs
2005 video game
Façade is a 2005 interactive storytelling video game by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern. Conceived by the developers as an "interactive drama", Façade tasks
Façade_(video_game)
1998 video game
Spider and Web is a piece of interactive fiction written by Andrew Plotkin. Spider and Web begins innocuously enough: the player's character, an apparent
Spider_and_Web
Video game series
Grand Comics Database Questprobe series at MobyGames Questprobe series at Universal Videogame List Questprobe series at the Interactive Fiction Database
Questprobe
1995 video game
A Change in the Weather is a 1995 interactive fiction (IF) video game. Developed by Andrew Plotkin, the game is written in version five of the Inform
A_Change_in_the_Weather
1982 video game
Starcross is an interactive fiction game written by Dave Lebling and published in 1982 by Infocom. The game was released for the IBM PC (as a self-booting
Starcross_(video_game)
1994 film by Quentin Tarantino
171, 13. "Pulp Fiction". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 16, 2026. "Pulp Fiction Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December
Pulp_Fiction
1984 video game
2025-10-12. Retrieved 2026-01-31. The Death Trap at The Visual Novel Database The Death Trap at MobyGames The Death Trap in the Interactive Fiction Database
The_Death_Trap
Jack the Ripper at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Jack the Ripper at Lemon 64 Jack the Ripper at MobyGames Jack the Ripper in the Interactive Fiction Database
Jack the Ripper (1987 video game)
Jack_the_Ripper_(1987_video_game)
1985 video game
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction video game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985. It was intended
Wishbringer
1992 video game
Doom at GameFAQs Classic DOS Games has all of the Hugo III shareware demos for download. Hugo III, Jungle of Doom! in the Interactive Fiction Database
Hugo_III,_Jungle_of_Doom!
1986 video game
1987 – via Internet Archive. "ZX Computing Magazine (May 1987)". 1 May 1987 – via Internet Archive. Murder off Miami in the Interactive Fiction Database
Murder_off_Miami
2000 video game
9:05 is an interactive fiction game developed by Adam Cadre in 2000. The story follows a man who wakes up and gets a call telling him to go to work, and
9:05
1985 video game
MobyGames Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder in the Interactive Fiction Database Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder at Museum of Computer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder
Perry_Mason:_The_Case_of_the_Mandarin_Murder
1983 video game
Enchanter is an interactive fiction game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by Infocom in 1983. The first fantasy game published by
Enchanter_(video_game)
1985 video game
SpectrumComputing.co.uk Bored of the Rings at Lemon 64 Bored of the Rings at MobyGames Bored of the Rings (video game) in the Interactive Fiction Database
Bored of the Rings (video game)
Bored_of_the_Rings_(video_game)
1981 video game
Publishing. p. 70. Adventure in Time can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Adventure in Time in the Interactive Fiction Database
Adventure_in_Time
1990 video game
p. 113. Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls at MobyGames Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls in the Interactive Fiction Database
Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls
Spellcasting_101:_Sorcerers_Get_All_the_Girls
Relational database for MS-DOS
Cornerstone is a relational database for MS-DOS released by Infocom, a company best known in the 1980s for developing interactive fiction video games. Initially
Cornerstone_(software)
1984 video game
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (April 1986) (in German). April 1986. Sinclair User 050. Father of Darkness in the Interactive Fiction Database v t e
Father_of_Darkness
Literary works created for digital devices
digital medium, and the first early text-based games were created. Interactive fiction became a popular genre in the late 1970s and 1980s, with a thriving
Electronic_literature
1987 video game
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction game designed by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for the
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
Sherlock:_The_Riddle_of_the_Crown_Jewels
1983 video game
Planetfall is a science fiction-themed interactive fiction video game written by Steve Meretzky, and published in 1983 as the eighth game from Infocom
Planetfall
1983 video game
no. 1. November–December 1983. p. 24. The Quest @ Legends World Images of The Quest package and manual The Quest in the Interactive Fiction Database
The_Quest_(1983_video_game)
1978 video game
walkthrough part 1 commodore 64 version." YouTube, 15 February 2013, accessed 31 October 2020 Adventureland (video game) in the Interactive Fiction Database
Adventureland_(video_game)
1997 interactive fiction video game
Awards: 1997 Winners, archived from the original on 2010-02-28, retrieved 2009-12-17 I-0 in the Interactive Fiction Database Game entry at IFWiki v t e
I-0_(video_game)
Trilogy of video games from 1983 to 1985
Silicon Dreams is a trilogy of interactive fiction games developed by Level 9 Computing during the 1980s. The first game was Snowball, released during
Silicon_Dreams
1999 video game
Hunter, in Darkness is a 1999 interactive fiction game by Andrew Plotkin, written in Inform. It won the "Best Individual Puzzle" and "Best Setting" categories
Hunter,_in_Darkness
1985 video game
A Mind Forever Voyaging is a 1985 interactive fiction game written and designed by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom. Set in a future United States
A_Mind_Forever_Voyaging
1986 video game
Breakers is a science fiction-themed interactive fiction video game published in 1986 by Synapse Software, which was then a division of Broderbund. It
Breakers_(1986_video_game)
1986 video game
issue 10, July 1986 "CRASH 38 - Readers' Awards". "Computer & Video Games". Heavy on the Magick in the Interactive Fiction Database CRASH review from 1986
Heavy_on_the_Magick
1988 text adventure game
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz is an interactive fiction video game, written by Steve Meretzky over nearly 18 months and published by Infocom in 1988
Zork_Zero
1986 video game
played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Bugsy at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Bugsy at Lemon 64 Bugsy in the Interactive Fiction Database v t e
Bugsy_(video_game)
1986 video game
Trinity is an interactive fiction video game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom. It is widely regarded as one of the company's
Trinity_(video_game)
1984 video game
p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-16. L - a walkthrough L - video playthrough L at the Classic Adventures Solution Archive L at the Interactive Fiction Database
L_–_A_Mathemagical_Adventure
1999 video game; interactive fiction written by Laura A. Knauth
fantasy land. It won the 1999 annual Interactive Fiction Competition. "Winter Wonderland - interactive fiction Database". Retrieved 2023-10-26. "Society for
Winter_Wonderland_(game)
1985 video game
The Snow Queen is an interactive fiction game created by Irish developer St. Bride's School and published by Mosaic Publishing for the Commodore 64 and
The_Snow_Queen_(video_game)
1987 video game
Review", Sinclair User, October 1987 Frankenstein at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Frankenstein at Lemon 64 Frankenstein in the Interactive Fiction Database
Frankenstein_(video_game)
1993 video game
(1993). "The Silicon Dungeon". White Wolf Magazine. No. 36. p. 29-30. Eric the Unready at MobyGames Eric the Unready in the Interactive Fiction Database
Eric_the_Unready
Text adventure game by Lance Micklus
(Other-Venture #5)". Ye Olde Infocomm Shoppe. "Dog Star Adventure". Interactive Fiction Database. Dog Star. 1981. p. 43. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Dog_Star_Adventure
1992 video game
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is a 1992 interactive fiction video game released by Legend Entertainment, and written by Glen Dahlgren and Mike Verdu. It is
Gateway_(video_game)
1984 video game
at Lemon 64 Mindshadow at MobyGames Mindshadow at the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History (MOCAGH) Mindshadow in the Interactive Fiction Database
Mindshadow_(video_game)
1987 video game
Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction video game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. Infocom's twenty-fourth
Bureaucracy_(video_game)
1986 video game
July 1986 "Seabase Delta Review", ZX Computing, August 1986 Seabase Delta in the Interactive Fiction Database Seabase Delta at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Seabase_Delta
1996 video game
is a 1996 work of interactive fiction by Graham Nelson, distributed in z-code format as freeware. It won the 1996 Interactive Fiction Competition after
The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet
The_Meteor,_the_Stone_and_a_Long_Glass_of_Sherbet
1984 video game
Amazon is an interactive fiction graphic adventure game. The game was published by Telarium in 1984 and written by Michael Crichton. Best-selling novelist
Amazon_(video_game)
1985 video game
at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Lord of the Rings: Game One in the Interactive Fiction Database http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/lotr-gameone.html
Lord_of_the_Rings:_Game_One
2025 video game
2025 role-playing video game developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. Set in a dark fantasy Belle Époque setting, the game
Clair_Obscur:_Expedition_33
1984 video game
16. Crash issue 9 (10/1984) page 70. Home Computing Weekly issue 105 (3/1985) page 19. CASA entry Blade the Warrior in the Interactive Fiction Database
Blade_the_Warrior
1982 video game
the Sun". Antic. 3 (8): 73. The Mask of the Sun at the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History The Mask of the Sun in the Interactive Fiction Database
The_Mask_of_the_Sun
INTERACTIVE FICTION-DATABASE
INTERACTIVE FICTION-DATABASE
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Good Looking; Interactive; Brightness
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Indian, Muslim
Fiction; Romance; Story
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Action
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Famous action
Kirtika | கிரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾, கீரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾Â
Boy/Male
Indian
Friction
Boy/Male
Hindu
Deed, Action
Boy/Male
Vietnamese
Section.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : nickname from Middle English fitten ‘lying’, ‘deceit’ (of unknown origin).English (chiefly Lancashire) : possibly a habitational name from Fitton Hall in Cambridgeshire, named in Anglo-Scandinavian as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the fit (Old Norse fit)’, a term denoting grassland on the bank of a river.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Action
Girl/Female
Tamil
Satkrithi | ஸதà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯€à®¤à¯€
Good action
Satkrithi | ஸதà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯€à®¤à¯€
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Fenton.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kirthika | கிரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾, கீரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾Â
Famous action
Kirthika | கிரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾, கீரà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Deed, Action
Boy/Male
British, English, Indian, Russian
Work
Boy/Male
Hindu
Action
Girl/Female
Arabic
Clever; Smart
Girl/Female
Tamil
Action
Girl/Female
Indian
Determined action
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire and North Yorkshire, so called from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘peak’ (or the derived byname Pīca) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian, Japanese
Mysterious Function
INTERACTIVE FICTION-DATABASE
INTERACTIVE FICTION-DATABASE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Arabic
Effectiveness; Impression
Male
Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Italian Rocco, ROQUE means "rest."
Boy/Male
Hindu
An ancient king
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Bright Forest
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Lane, LAYNE means "lives by the lane."Â
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Clever
Boy/Male
English, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu
Satisfaction
Female
English
Original Celtic form of the misspelled English Shakespeare character name Imogen, derived from the Gaelic element inghean, INNOGEN means "girl, maiden."Â
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Comfort tranquillity
INTERACTIVE FICTION-DATABASE
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n.
The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.
n.
The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.
n.
A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
a.
Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.
n.
An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
n.
Intermediate action.
n.
The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
n.
Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.
n.
The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
n.
The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
n.
The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.
n.
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
n.
Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
v. t.
To sell by auction.
n.
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
a.
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.
n.
Friction.
n.
Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.
n.
Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.