gang 1. a group or band: a gang of holyrollers 2. a group of persons who gather together for social reasons. 3. a group of personns working together; squad; shift; a gang of crooks 4. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose; a gang of thieves.

Chris·tian

1. Professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus’s teachings.
3. Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
4. Relating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents.
5. Showing a loving concern for others; humane.

n.

1. One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Christianity; “Christian rites” [syn: Christian] 2: following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ [ant: unchristian] n : a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination [syn: Christian]

Christian
the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers
of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were
known among themselves were “brethren,” “the faithful,” “elect,” “saints,”
“believers.” But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name
“Christian” came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but
three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16).

Manipulate

ma·nip·u·late Audio pronunciation of “manipulate” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-npy-lt)
tr.v. ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing, ma·nip·u·lates

1. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted.
2. To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor.
3. To tamper with or falsify for personal gain: tried to manipulate stock prices.
4. Medicine. To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes: manipulate a joint; manipulate the position of a fetus during delivery.

ma·nipu·la·bili·ty n.
ma·nipu·lata·ble adj.
ma·nipu·lator n.
ma·nipu·la·tory (-l-t�r, -tr) adj.

Synonyms: manipulate, exploit, maneuver
These verbs mean to influence, manage, use, or control to one’s advantage by artful or indirect means: manipulated me into helping him; exploits natural resources; maneuvered me out of one job and into another. See also synonyms at handlev 1: influence or control shrewdly or deviously; “He manipulated public opinion in his favor” [syn: pull strings, pull wires] 2: hold something in one’s hands and move it 3: fake or falsify; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data” [syn: fudge, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 4: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; “rig prices” [syn: rig] 5: control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one’s advantage; “She manipulates her boss”; “She is a very controlling mother and doesn’t let her children grow up”; “The teacher knew how to keep the class in line”; “she keeps in line” [syn: keep in line, control]
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Filed on April 22nd, 2005 by alan under USBull Dictionary.

REALITY
1. The state or quality of being real.
2. resemblance to what is real. 3. a real thing or fact. 4. a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it. b. somthing that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive. 5. in fact or truth; actually.
REALISTIC 1. concerned with or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs
2. characterized by or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
REALIST 1. a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are. 2. an artist or a writer whose work is characterized by realism.
REALISM
1. interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
2. the tendency to view or represent things as they really are.