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| ABC soil |
a soil made up of three distinct layers, the A, or top layer, being humus and organic matter, the B layer being clay and oxidized material, and the C layer being loose rock and mineral materials. |
| abrasive |
a material or substance used to grind or polish surfaces. [1/3 definitions] |
| absorbent |
a material or substance that absorbs. [1/2 definitions] |
| abstract |
existing as something without material form or substance. [1/13 definitions] |
| acoustic |
intended to modify or improve sound quality, as a building material. [1/3 definitions] |
| acquisitive |
having an eager desire to gain or possess, esp. material goods. |
| acrylonitrile |
a poisonous and carcinogenic liquid that is made into polymers for use as raw material in acrylic fibers. |
| adhesive |
an adhesive substance or material such as glue. [1/2 definitions] |
| adhesive tape |
a strip of cotton, plastic, or other tape coated with a sticky material on one side, used esp. for attaching bandages. |
| adobe |
a building material of sun-dried clay mixed with straw, usu. made into bricks. [2/3 definitions] |
| affluence |
material wealth. [1/2 definitions] |
| affluent |
having material wealth. [1/3 definitions] |
| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. [1/4 definitions] |
| airing |
a broadcast, usu. of prerecorded material, on radio or television. [1/3 definitions] |
| American dream |
the American ideal that any man or woman may obtain material wealth, equality, freedom, and the like. |
| ammunition |
the projectiles detonated from any weapon, such as bullets or shells, or the means of exploding such material, such as gunpowder and fuses. [1/2 definitions] |
| ampoule |
a small, sealable glass or plastic bulb used for sterile storage of material, esp. for subsequent analysis or hypodermic injection. |
| animism |
the belief that the universe and all of its material objects, beings, and phenomena possess a spirit or consciousness. [1/3 definitions] |
| appendix |
a section with additional material, often bibliographical or statistical, attached at the end of a book, article, or other text. [1/3 definitions] |
| appliqué |
decorated with cut-out pieces of another material that are stitched on or otherwise applied. [2/4 definitions] |
| aquiculture |
the growing of plants, often for their edible fruits, in nutrient water or water-soaked inert material rather than in soil; hydroponics. [1/2 definitions] |
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