| aboard |
on or into a ship, plane, train, or the like; on board. [1/2 definitions] |
| absolutist |
characterized by ideas, or a belief in ideas, whose truth is unconditional and not subject to any external standard. [1/3 definitions] |
| absurdist |
having or expressing the belief that human existence and behavior are meaningless or absurd. [3 definitions] |
| absurdity |
the condition or quality of being absurd. [1/2 definitions] |
| ac- |
to; toward. |
| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| account |
an arrangement with a store or other business that allows a customer to pay for goods or services on credit offered by the store instead of the customer using cash at the time of sale or using a standard credit card. In such cases, the store generally offers its own store credit card. [1/16 definitions] |
| -acious |
characterized by; full of or tending toward. |
| acronym |
a type of abbreviation used as a word and pronounced as a word. An acronym is formed by combining the initial letters (or initial parts) of a string of words. The pronunciation of an acronym is based on the typical rules of pronouncing words in a language and is not made up of the sounds of the names of individual letters. The abbreviations "AIDS," "FICA," and "PIN" are acronyms, but the abbreviations "FBI," ATM," and "DVD" are not. |
| ad- |
to; toward. [1/2 definitions] |
| advance |
to move or send forward. [2/14 definitions] |
| af- |
to; toward. |
| agreement |
harmony; accord. [1/5 definitions] |
| ahead |
forward; onward. [1/6 definitions] |
| air bag |
a bag in the front of some automobile interiors that inflates automatically in a collision and prevents the passengers from being thrust forward. |
| alleluia |
praise the Lord. [1/2 definitions] |
| along |
in a progressive motion; forward. [1/5 definitions] |
| Alsatian |
one of a breed of large dogs having a thick brownish or black coat, often used as guard dogs and as guide dogs for the blind; German shepherd. |
| ana- |
up or upward. [2/4 definitions] |
| angle1 |
a corner that projects outward or inward. [1/10 definitions] |
| anhinga |
any of various large swimming and diving birds of tropical and subtropical America that have a long sharp bill and a long snaky neck; snakebird. |