(n): the force by which one object attracts another
(n): a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
(n): a written promise to repay a debt
(n): a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends
(n): a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
(n): a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
(n): (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
(n): (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
(n): a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
(n): a device that retards something's motion
(n): a connection that fastens things together
(n): an instrumentality that connects
(n): a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
(n): paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts
(n): United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
(n): a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
(n): British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
(n): an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
(n): the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
(n): the property of sticking to a surface
(v): stick to firmly
(v): become attached
(v): create social or emotional ties
(v): have or establish a relationship to
(v): issue bonds on
(v): put up as security or collateral
(v): bring together in a common cause or emotion
(v): bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
