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.) |
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 carefully (usu. a weapon), with the intention of hitting a target. [2/8 definitions] |
a leg to stand on |
a valid or convincing basis for a point of view. |
along |
at a point on. [1/5 definitions] |
angle1 |
the geometric figure made by two lines extending out from a single point. [2/10 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. |
antifreeze |
a substance that lowers the freezing point of a liquid such as water, esp. in an automobile radiator. |
ape-man |
an extinct primate representing the transitional point in evolution between apes and modern man. (Cf. missing link.) |
apex |
the uppermost point; tip; summit; vertex. [1/2 definitions] |
aphelion |
the point that is farthest from the sun in the orbit of a planet or comet. |
apical |
of, at, or forming the highest point of something. [1/2 definitions] |