ACTORS

"ACTORS" is a plural of: actor.

Date "ACTORS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: ACTORS

Crosswords: ACTORS

Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they go along (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

One of the great American actors of the 20th century (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

And I love actors, all actors (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin)

It will be Terry's job to give the actors their hand cue. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Dead actors fakin' lines (Hemorrhage (in my hands); performing artist: Fuel)

Actors took their (Carnival; performing artist: Natalie Merchant)

Actors and Sin (1952)

Screen Actors (1950)

The Hungry Actors (1915)

Some Actors (1915)

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 99 Film Scenes for Actors (reference)

• Accents: A Manual for Actors (reference)

• Great Monologues for Young Actors, Vol. II (reference)

• Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors (reference)

• Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Career Profiles of More Than 2,000 Actors and Filmmakers, Past and Present (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Spotlight Cd - Actors (reference)

• Working Actors Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Body Language Skills/Skills for Actors (reference)

• Skills for Actors - Theatrical Fencing (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Actors & Actresses (reference)

• Stacked Actors [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Still photograph from first on-screen kiss between movie actors May Irwin and John C. Rice from the film "The Kiss", 1896. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Maine, the actors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shakespearean players. Group of actors on stage I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Actors at Electric Institute I. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Drew, Al Jolson and other prominent actors with President and Mrs. Coolidge. Credit: Library of Congress.

Actors Pauline Lord, Lenore Ulric, Alfred Lunt, and Louis Wolheim. Credit: Library of Congress.

The new 8 bells the famous Brothers Byrne in the everlasting success : the world's greatest acrobatic actors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They had a company of actors of darkness at the disposition of every cavernous tragedy

It seemed now to play itself, he and his fellow actors aiding it with their parts

We're actors! We're the opposite of people

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Lawyers, teachers, clergy, cheerleaders, and professional voice users such as singers and actors often develop these types of voice disorders. (references)

Business

Tight competition exists among many actors in the Intranet services sector. (references)

It should be noted that different and distinct actors dominate each segment of wireless communication market. (references)

Due to the limited number of actors in the industry and the fact that almost all of them participate in the trade fairs this approach ensures a rapid and effective exposure to the potential customers. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

After anti-integration riots, often instigated by parents or outside political actors, disrupted the 2000-01 academic year, the District government insisted on starting the 2001-02 school year with integrated schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Kingdom

The Government at all levels generally protects this right in full and does not tolerate its abuse, either by governmental or private actors. (references)

Turkey

In October Kurdish writer Mehmet Uzun's book "Creating a Language" was confiscated by the Istanbul SSC on the grounds that it "incited hatred and enmity." In April a court acquitted Uzun of charges of "assisting illegal organizations" (the PKK) for his book "Brightness Like Love, Darkness Like Death." A group of human rights activists, actors, journalists, and academicians have mounted a series of challenges to existing legal restrictions on expression by republishing banned articles and signing their names as the "publishers." In September a military court acquitted 16 members of this group of charges that they "turned persons away from military service", but at year's end they still faced charges at the Istanbul SSC. In October another group of 65 activists published a new "Freedom of Thought" booklet and began their trial at the Istanbul SSC on charges of supporting illegal organizations and spreading separatism. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

It is estimated that there are fewer than fifty thousand lawless actors. (references)

Morocco

The Tourism Federation, grouping private actors in the tourism industry has elaborated and submitted to the government an ambitious plan called the Framework Agreement (Contract-Program). (references)

Russia

However, the sector remains characterized by a lack of transparency, judicial uncertainty, and extensive influence by Russian oil and gas firms over the government and other economic actors. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

There were plausible allegations of politically motivated killings by nonstate actors during the year, with only limited willingness on the part of prosecutors to investigate such murders. (references)

Nicaragua

Specifically, the reform transferred powers from the National Attorney General to a newly created State Defense Attorney's Office, which is charged with defending the Government against legal action taken by private or other public actors. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

Advertising: Foreign film footage is restricted to 20 percent per commercial, and only Malaysian actors may be used. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

The President convenes the Interim National Legislature, the CNT. The CNT was elected at the 1998 national reconciliation forum, which included some representatives of opposition political parties and nongovernmental actors; however, the event was orchestrated by the executive branch and did not constitute a sufficiently broad-based forum from which to elect a genuinely representative legislature. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ending with "ACTORS": non-actors.

Chinese 

演员 (Actor). (various references)

Danish

trup af unge skuespillere (troupe of young actors). (various references)

Dutch

jeugdtheater (troupe of young actors), jeugdteater (troupe of young actors). (various references)

French

troupe de jeunes acteurs (troupe of young actors), Fédération internationale des acteurs (International Federation of Actors). (various references)

German

Schauspieler (actor, comedian, comedians, performer, play actor, player). (various references)

Greek 

θίασος νέων ηθοποιών (troupe of young actors). (various references)

Italian

attori. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

河原者 (unflattering term for actors), 河原乞食 (unflattering term for actors), 殺陣師 (man who teaches actors or actresses how to use swords). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たてし (man who teaches actors or actresses how to use swords), かわらこじき (unflattering term for actors), かわらもの (unflattering term for actors). (various references)

Korean 

배우 (Actor). (various references)

Pig Latin

actorsay.(various references)

Portuguese

grupo de jovens actores (troupe of young actors), Federação Internacional dos Actores (International Federation of Actors). (various references)

Spanish

los actores. (various references)

catervam. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "ACTORS": abstractors, attractors, benefactors, bioreactors, chiropractors, coactors, cofactors, compactors, contractors, detractors, enactors, exactors, extractors, factors, hyperreactors, impactors, malefactors, nonactors, nonfactors, nonreactors, protractors, reactors, redactors, refractors, retractors, subcontractors, tractors, transactors, varactors. (additional references)

Words containing "ACTORS": factorship, factorships. (additional references)

Misspellings

"ACTORS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acorss, acrorst, actas, acters, actort, actos, Actron, acwos, Aitor, arctos, Astros, ator, atory, attorns, auctor, Autores, catori, lctors. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: castor, costar, scrota, tarocs.

-1 letter: actor, ascot, carts, coast, coats, costa, orcas, ratos, roast, rotas, scart, tacos, taroc, taros, toras, torcs.

-2 letters: acts, arco, arcs, arts, cars, cart, cast, cats, coat, cors, cost, cots, oars, oast, oats, ocas, orca, orcs, orts, osar, rato, rats, rocs, rota, rots, scar, scat, scot, soar, sora, sort, star, stoa, taco, taos.

+1 letter: cantors, captors, carrots, cartons, castors, cavorts, coaster, coaters, contras, costard, costars, cottars, cratons, factors, ostraca, oxcarts, scrotal, surcoat, trocars, turacos.

+2 letters: acrobats, acrostic, acrotism, actorish, ancestor, aoristic, apricots, cabestro, cabresto, caltrops, carotids, carotins, carports, cartoons, castrato, chantors, chariots, citators, coactors, coarsest, coasters, comparts, congrats, contrast, copastor, corantos, costards, costmary, courants, creators, cryostat, curators, dogcarts, ectosarc, enactors, escargot, exactors, forecast, haricots, locaters, locators, orgastic, ostracod, ostracon, outraces, overacts, overcast, piscator, postcard, postrace, reactors, redcoats, ricottas, sectoral, stockcar, surcoats, thoraces, touracos, tractors, trochars, turacous.