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| A-bomb |
an atomic bomb. |
| absorbable |
combined form of absorb. |
| adage |
an old familiar saying that expresses folk wisdom; proverb. |
| adsorbable |
combined form of adsorb. |
| adverbial |
of, relating to, or functioning as an adverb. |
| Aeschylus |
a Greek dramatist (525-456 B.C.). |
| Aesop |
an actual or legendary Greek writer of fables (620?-560? B.C.). |
| agreement |
in grammar, correspondence between the number or person of two syntactically connected words, esp. subject and verb. [1/5 definitions] |
| aide |
an assistant, esp. one who provides assistance as a job. [1/2 definitions] |
| Alexander the Great |
the king of Macedonia in 336-323 B.C. and conqueror of an empire that included Persia, Egypt, and part of Greece (356-323 B.C.). |
| alveolar |
of or pertaining to small cavities such as the terminal air sacs of the lungs or the cells of a honeycomb. [1/4 definitions] |
| alveolus |
a small cavity or pit, such as one of the terminal air sacs of the lungs or one cell of a honeycomb. [1/2 definitions] |
| Amos |
according to the Old Testament, a minor Hebrew prophet of the eighth century B.C. [1/2 definitions] |
| ancient Rome |
a civilization cultivated by the city-state of Rome from the 8th century B.C.E. through its development as a republic and its collapse as an empire in the 5th century A.D. |
| Arabian |
a native of Arabia; Arab. [1/4 definitions] |
| arachnoid |
resembling a cobweb. [1/5 definitions] |
| Archimedes |
a Greek mathematician and inventor (287?-212 B.C.). |
| Aristotle |
a Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.). |
| asleep |
without feeling; numb. [1/7 definitions] |
| atom bomb |
see atomic bomb. |
| atomic bomb |
an extremely destructive weapon, the explosive power of which derives from the immense amount of energy suddenly released when the nuclei of uranium 235 or plutonium atoms are split; atom bomb. |
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