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| abeam |
at right angles to a line passing from the front to the back of a ship. |
| abut |
to touch along a common line or surface; come in contact (often fol. by "on", "upon," or "against"). [1/2 definitions] |
| acrostic |
a sequence of written lines in which particular letters, usu. the first letter of every line, form an independent word or phrase. [1/2 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] |
| action movie |
a film whose story line focuses on conflict and fast-paced activity, esp. involving physical violence, feats of strength and agility, and chase scenes. |
| adjoining |
touching at some line or point; having a common wall, border, or the like; contiguous. |
| alexandrine |
(sometimes cap.) in poetry, a twelve-syllable line with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, usu. with a clear pause after six syllables. [1/2 definitions] |
| align |
to form into a straight line. [3/6 definitions] |
| alignment |
the act of arranging, adjusting, or forming into a straight line, logical sequence, or coordinated system. [2/4 definitions] |
| alternate angles |
a pair of nonadjacent angles that are formed on opposite sides of a line where it crosses two others transversely. |
| altitude |
in geometry, a perpendicular line segment that extends from one vertex of a figure to the opposite edge or face, or the length of such a line segment; height. [1/4 definitions] |
| alto clef |
in musical notation, a clef with middle C on the middle line of the staff, or the sign identifying this clef; viola clef. |
| ancestry |
line of descent; lineage. [1/3 definitions] |
| angle1 |
the degree to which a line or plane slants with respect to a horizontal or vertical plane. [1/10 definitions] |
| angle2 |
to fish with hook and line. [1/2 definitions] |
| angle of incidence |
the angle that the line of movement of a body or of radiation, meeting a surface, makes with a line that is at right angles to the surface at the point of meeting. |
| angler |
a person who fishes with hook and line, usu. for sport. [1/3 definitions] |
| angling |
the act, process, or sport of fishing with hook and line. |
| Antarctic Circle |
an imaginary line drawn around the earth parallel to the equator and north of the South Pole. |
| apostolic succession |
a doctrine of certain Christian faiths that their bishops are the successors in an unbroken line to the apostles of Jesus Christ. |
| arc |
any curved line; anything shaped like a bow or curve. [2/4 definitions] |
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