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| 22nd Amendment |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that ensures that no person can be elected to more than two four-year terms as President of the United States. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, was passed in reaction to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. |
| about |
more or less; approximately. [1/12 definitions] |
| above all |
more importantly than anything else. [2 definitions] |
| abundance |
an amount that is more than enough; a very plentiful quantity. [1/2 definitions] |
| accident-prone |
tending or likely to have more than the average number or rate of accidents. |
| accompaniment |
part of a musical composition that is intended to support more central parts. [1/2 definitions] |
| account executive |
in a company such as an advertising agency, a person responsible for managing one or more clients' accounts and often for securing new accounts. |
| accumulator |
a register or electrical circuit for storing numbers and performing one or more arithmetic or logical operations on them, as in a calculator or computer. [1/3 definitions] |
| action-adventure |
a genre of films, video games, and the like having an exciting undertaking involving risk and danger as its main story line, and involving one or more heroes engaged in a series of physical challenges. [1/2 definitions] |
| activate |
in chemistry, to make more reactive, as by heating. [1/6 definitions] |
| add |
to combine (something) with something else, often to increase the quantity of the latter, or to improve it or make it more complete. [1/5 definitions] |
| addend |
a number added to one or more other numbers to form a sum. |
| addition |
the mathematical procedure of finding the total of two or more numbers. [1/3 definitions] |
| additional |
more; added. |
| adit |
an entrance or means of access, esp. a more or less horizontal passageway that leads into a mine. |
| adjust |
to bring to a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, relationship, position, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| adjustable |
able to be adjusted; able to be made into a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, position, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| a fortiori |
(Latin) for a strong reason; all the more so. |
| A-frame |
an upright supporting frame in the shape of an "A," or a house constructed with one or more such frames as its main structural supports. |
| aggravated |
of a crime, considered more serious or malicious than is typical for the type of crime, especially if the criminal act involves the use of a gun. [1/2 definitions] |
| ahead |
in a position of having progressed more quickly than is necessary or expected. [1/6 definitions] |
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