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| about to |
ready to; just on the point of. |
| abscissa |
the distance of a point from the vertical axis of a graph as measured parallel to the horizontal axis. (Cf. ordinate.) |
| ace |
a serve in tennis that wins a point because the other player can not reach the ball. [1/5 definitions] |
| achene |
a small, dry, hard seed that is attached at a single point and that does not split open when it is mature. |
| acme |
the highest point, as of attainment; pinnacle. |
| acuminate |
tapering to a sharp point, as a leaf or claw; pointed. [1/2 definitions] |
| add up to |
equal (a certain sum) or point to (a logical conclusion) when looked at together. |
| adjoining |
touching at some line or point; having a common wall, border, or the like; contiguous. |
| admission |
acknowledgment or acceptance of a point at issue. [1/4 definitions] |
| adopt |
to take on as one's own (a manner, style, or point of view). [1/3 definitions] |
| aesthetic |
an aesthetic theory, system, or point of view. [1/3 definitions] |
| affricate |
a speech sound that results from a stoppage of breath followed by a release at the same point of articulation, such as the "ch" sound in "chip". |
| aim |
to point something at a thing that you want to hit. [2/3 definitions] |
| a leg to stand on |
a valid or convincing basis for a point of view. |
| allegory |
in art or literature, the use of concrete characters, events, or things, to represent abstract qualities or ideas, often to make a point about good and evil. [1/2 definitions] |
| along |
at a point on. [1/5 definitions] |
| angle1 |
the figure made by two lines coming from a single point. |
| 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. |
| antifreeze |
a substance that lowers the freezing point of a liquid such as water. |
| ape-man |
an extinct primate representing the transitional point in evolution between apes and modern man. (Cf. missing link.) |
| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
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