a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle"
in so far as the actor specified is concerned; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
of relatively large extent and density; " a heavy line"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"