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| a3 |
in every or in each; for every or for each. |
| absolute pitch |
the ability to sing or recognize the pitch of any tone heard; perfect pitch. [1/2 definitions] |
| accelerator |
in nuclear physics, a device that creates high-energy particles by acceleration through electrostatic or electromagnetic means, used for research. [1/3 definitions] |
| accent |
an added or complementing feature; touch. [1/8 definitions] |
| ace |
in tennis, a winning serve that is out of the opponent's reach. [1/7 definitions] |
| affect1 |
to move emotionally; touch. [1/4 definitions] |
| affiliate |
to accept or adopt as a close associate, esp. as a subordinate member or branch. [1/4 definitions] |
| Afrikaans |
a South African language developed from seventeenth-century Dutch. |
| -age |
action; process; the result of such. [1/5 definitions] |
| all |
each. [1/12 definitions] |
| amylaceous |
of, concerning, or resembling starch. |
| amyloid |
of, containing, or resembling starch. [1/3 definitions] |
| amylum |
starch. |
| antichurch |
combined form of church. |
| anti-French |
combined form of French. |
| antivivisection |
opposition to experimentation performed on living animals, as in medical research. |
| apiece |
for or from each one; each. |
| apocrypha |
(cap.) a group of fourteen books of the Old Testament that are rejected by Judaism, and considered by Protestants as uncanonical, eleven of which are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| apologist |
a person who argues in defense or justification of a doctrine, belief, action, or the like, usu. in writing or a speech. |
| apostolate |
the office, duties, mission, or term of activity of an apostle, or, esp., of the pope as head of the Apostolic See in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| append |
to affix or attach. [1/2 definitions] |
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