(n): prescribed guide for conduct or action
(n): a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
(n): an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
(n): the state of being controlled or governed
(n): the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
(n): (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
(n): a process occurring in living organisms
(n): the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
(n): the activity of managing or exerting control over something
(n): the act of controlling or directing according to rule
(n): the activity of managing or exerting control over something
(adj): prescribed by or according to regulation
(adj): vs. nonstandard) -- (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
