actor | doer, performer |
answer | explain, excuse, answer satisfactorily |
benefactor | malapropism for ‘malefactor’ |
boy | represent by a boy, reduce to a boy-actor level [boys played the female parts in Shakespeare's time] |
comedian | actor, stage player |
confectionary | sweetmeat factory, sweet-shop, candy-store |
controller | detractor, censorious critic, slanderer |
diet | feed to a satisfactory level, condition by feeding |
ennactor | performance, fulfilment, execution |
factor | agent, representative, broker |
fit | be fit, be in satisfactory condition |
furnishing | decoration, surface factor, window-dressing |
holding-anchor | [nautical] largest anchor; most stabilizing factor |
lame | unsatisfactory, mediocre, faulty |
mean | (plural) obstacles, intervening factors |
mimic | burlesque actor, performer, thespian |
mummer | actor in a dumb-show |
mute | actor with no words to say, silent spectator |
refractory | rebellious, obstinate, umanageable |
regard | consideration, respect, factor |
respect | consideration, factor, circumstance |
Roscius | [pron: 'rosius] most famous actor of ancient Rome, 2nd-c BC |
substractor | detractor, slanderer, calumniator |
succession | future [occupation as actors] |
thriving | successful, satisfactory, auspicious |
toothdrawer | tooth-extractor, dentist |
touch | factor, reason, motive |
tragedian | actor, strolling player [not only of tragedy] |
well | fine, all right, satisfactory |