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| 3-D |
of, concerning, or portraying something in, or as if in, three dimensions. [2 definitions] |
| 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. |
| ai2 |
a large three-toed sloth of Central and South America, whose coat has a greenish tinge from the algae that live in it. |
| Antigua |
one of three islands included in this country. [1/2 definitions] |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
a country in the Caribbean Sea made up of three islands. The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is St. John's. |
| anvil |
in anatomy, the middle one of three small bones in a mammal's ear; incus. [1/3 definitions] |
| ape |
a mammal in the group of primates, which includes chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans. Apes do not have tails. They have very flexible hands and feet. Apes range in size from three to six feet tall, and they can weigh up to 450 pounds. Apes live in the forests in Africa and Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
| apple of discord |
in Greek mythology, a golden apple that caused jealous discord among three goddesses and indirectly led to the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| arachnoid |
the middle of the three fibrous membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. (See dura mater, pia mater.) [1/5 definitions] |
| area code |
the first three numbers of a telephone number in the United States and Canada. You dial the area code first, then the telephone number. In the phone number "607-555-1234," the area code is "607." |
| arena theater |
a theater that has a central stage surrounded on at least three sides by seats. |
| arsenic |
a poisonous chemical element that has thirty-three protons in each nucleus and occurs in brittle, grayish white crystalline masses or in yellow or black allotropes. (symbol: As) [1/2 definitions] |
| asterism |
in printing, three asterisks arranged in a triangle, used to call attention to a passage of text. [1/2 definitions] |
| astronomical unit |
a unit of length based on the average distance of the earth from the sun, equal to about 149.6 million kilometers or ninety-three million miles. |
| ATV |
abbreviation of "all-terrain vehicle," a small motor vehicle, usu. with three or four wheels, that is designed for use on various types of terrain. |
| auto-rickshaw |
a small, three-wheeled, motorized vehicle used as a taxi. |
| balalaika |
a guitarlike musical instrument that has a triangular body and usu. three strings. |
| ballade |
a poem of three eight-line or ten-line stanzas followed by an envoy of four or five lines, the stanzas and the envoy all having the same last line. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bangladesh |
a country surrounded by India on three sides and the Indian Ocean on the fourth. |
| bark3 |
a sailing ship with between three and five masts, all but one of which are square-rigged. |
| barkentine |
a ship with three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast, and fore-and-aft rigged on the others. |
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