A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
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Cinema
a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Appears with this word in Film making.A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.
Appears with this word in Film making.One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
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Appears with this word in Film making.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Appears with this word in Film making.One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
Appears with this word in Film making.The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and deco…
Appears with this word in Film making.Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protectio…
Appears with this word in Film making.A writing; a written document.
Appears with this word in Film making.The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Appears with this word in Film making.The working room of an artist.
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A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to c…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.
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The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesive…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.To make clear, bright, or luminous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medium, disseminates, moving, pictures, theater.That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree;…
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