Crossword clues for acton
acton
- Put into effect
- Take, as advice
- Boston suburb
- Tennis scores after deuce
- Respond to, as an order
- Heed, as advice
- Follow, as a recommendation
- Respond to, as a tip
- Give in to, as an urge
- Use, as advice
- Respond to, as good advice
- Respond to, as advice
- Give in to, as an impulse
- Follow, as a suggestion
- Follow, as a hunch
- City near London
- Carry through
- ___ impulse (wing it)
- ___ Bell (Anne Brontë's pseudonym)
- Take advantage of, as an offer
- Pursue, as a tip
- Pursue, as a police tip
- Part of the London borough of Ealing — British historian, d. 1902
- Ontario town and British namesake
- Massachusetts town in Middlesex County
- Lord ____ commenter on power
- Hockeyist Keith
- Follow, like a hot tip
- Follow, as instincts
- Follow, as an urge
- Follow through with
- Do something in response to
- District of West London
- Cromwellian city
- Carry further
- Bronte's Bell
- "Power tends to corrupt ..." speaker
- ___ impulse (be imprudent)
- ___ Bell (pen name of Anne Brontë)
- ___ Bell (Brontë pseudonym)
- ___ Bell (Anne Brontë pseudonym)
- Locale in western London
- Follow, as advice
- Respond to, as information
- Follow, as an impulse
- Old English borough, now part of London
- Respond to, as an opportunity
- Use, as a tip
- Follow, as a tip
- Use as impetus
- Lord who said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
- Do something about
- City near Boston
- ___ Bell (Anne BrontГ« pseudonym)
- Follow, as a lead
- Jacket plated with steel
- Give a decision
- Medieval knight's garment
- A literary Bell
- London suburb
- Lord ___, English historian
- ___ Bell (Anne Brontë)
- Bay State city
- Exert influence over
- Produce an effect
- English historian: 1834-1902
- Get at the issue
- Take steps concerning
- Lord ___, British historian
- Historian Lord ___
- Influence
- A London suburb
- Affect
- Continue to play in London
- Continue playing a role somewhere in West London
- Comply with
- Change a place in West London
- Hundred added to bill in London district
- Battle one lost in part of London
- Tax cut oddly reduced working in London area
- Carry out
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acton \Ac"ton\, n. [OF. aketon, auqueton, F. hoqueton, a quilted
jacket, fr. Sp. alcoton, algodon, cotton. Cf. Cotton.]
A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket
plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.]
--Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
n. An aketon.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 873
Land area (2000): 4.642310 sq. miles (12.023528 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.642310 sq. miles (12.023528 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00212
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 34.472777 N, 118.183696 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 93510
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Acton
Wikipedia
Acton may refer to:
Acton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, and replaced by the new Ealing Acton constituency.
Acton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902): Lord Acton, the Catholic historian
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton (1941–2010), his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (born 1966), his great-great grandson, writer and farmer
- Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet (1736–1811), his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples
- Charles Januarius Edward Acton (1803–1847), his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace
- Guglielmo Acton (1825–1896), his first cousin once removed, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala
- Harold Acton (1904–1994), his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dilettante
- Abraham Acton (1893–1915), British Army soldier
- Alejandro Acton (born 1972), Argentine cyclist
- Anna Acton (born 1979), British actress
- Brian Acton (born 1972), American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur
- Brigitte Acton (born 1985), Canadian alpine skier
- Bud Acton (born 1942), American basketball player
- Carlo Acton (1829–1909), Italian composer and pianist
- Charles Acton (disambiguation)
- Dawn Acton (born 1977), English actress and deejay
- Edward Acton (disambiguation)
- Eliza Acton (1799–1859), English poet and cook
- Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891), Italian naval admiral and politician
- Forman S. Acton (born 1920), American computer scientist and writer
- H. B. Acton (1908–1974), British writer and philosopher
- Henry Acton (1797–1843), English Unitarian minister
- James Acton (1848–1924), English cricketer
- James M. Acton, British academic and scientist
- Joe Acton (1852–1917), English wrestler
- John Acton (disambiguation)
- Keith Acton (born 1958), Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Loren Acton (born 1936), American physicist and astronaut
- Marv Acton (born 1944), American NASCAR driver
- Prue Acton (born 1943), Australian fashion designer
- R. G. Acton (1864/1865–1900), American football coach
- Ralph Acton ( fl. 14th century), English theologian and philosopher
- Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1712–1791), English baronet
- Robert Acton (1497–1558), English politician
- Samuel Acton (c.1773–1837), English architect
- Scott T. Acton, American professor
- Shane Acton, English sailor known for circumnavigating the globe
- Thomas Acton (1662–1721), English Jesuit
- Thomas C. Acton (1823–1898), American public servant, politician, reformer and police commissioner
- Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1621–1665), English landowner and politician
- Whitmore Acton (c. 1677–1731/32), British baronet and politician
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William Acton (disambiguation), several people with this name, including:
- William Acton (1813–1875), British doctor and writer
- Marion Adams-Acton (1846–1928), Scottish novelist
- Murray Adams-Acton (1886–1971), English art and architecture historian, and interior designer
- Acton Adams (1843–1924), British politician
- Acton Smee Ayrton (1816–1886), British barrister and politician
- Michael Acton Smith (born 1974), British businessman
Acton is an artwork created by American artist James Turrell in 1976, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It consists of two rooms with an aperture between them, carefully illuminated such that the rectangular hole appears to be a flat, gray canvas until closer inspection reveals its three-dimensional nature.
Usage examples of "acton".
The most they can manage is a sort of diagonal slouch: feet on the floor, necks bent up against the bulkhead, Acton cradling her like a living hammock.
It would piss him off even more if Acton thought he was being patronized.
A sound like poor dead Acton might make, watching his own remains rotting out there on the rift?
Karl Acton, rather than simply disappearing, was actually killed by an erupting smoker.
I was unable to find any record of Karl Acton using the medical scanner.
Clarke and Brander about this, neither could remember Acton actually using the machine.
Some Family members, led by Rikart Neumann and Acton van Reuter, had apparently agreed to throw their support behind the Laum in exchange for augmentation technology.
I remember Anais thinking her van Reuter problems would end when Acton died.
The section of the report dealing with Acton had covered a respectable span of time, but Jani had still found significant gaps.
You needed someone with experience in Rauta Sheraa paper to do a minesweep help you bury incriminating Service documents Acton re-coded as private paper.
He had often done so, in days past, when he considered the soul of Acton van Reuter and where it might currently reside.
Annabelle be seen in only the most gracious and laudatory light: a light designed specifically so that the Duke of Acton would see in her a young woman magnificently tailored to bear the title Duchess.
Perth, it is common knowledge that you had a rather extensive investigation of Acton done before you even allowed him through the door to see Annabelle.
Better still, he thought sternly, if Acton fancied himself in love with her.
He lifted his gaze to find both the Duchess and Acton had turned indulgent smiles on the redheaded chit, as if charmed by her bold behavior.