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| 11th Amendment |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees a level of sovereign immunity to states by forbidding federal courts from ruling on cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state. |
| 22nd Amendment |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that ensures that no person can be elected to more than two four-year terms as President of the United States. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, was passed in reaction to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. |
| 4WD |
abbreviation of "four-wheel drive," a car that drives by means of all four wheels rather than the rear wheels only, or the drive system of such, in which both front and rear wheel axles are turned by the drive shaft. |
| A2 |
abbreviation of "ampere" or "amperes," a unit of electrical current that refers to the quantity of current that passes through a resistor of one ohm when a potential of one volt is applied, equal to one coulomb per second. |
| AAA |
abbreviation of "American Automobile Association," an association that provides travel-related discounts and services to its members. |
| aardvark |
a nocturnal mammal of southern Africa that has a long snout, long ears, and powerful claws for digging, and that feeds on ants using its extensile tongue. |
| aardwolf |
a striped, nocturnal African mammal of the hyena family that feeds primarily on insects. |
| abaca |
a Philippine plant of the banana family that yields a fiber used in making rope. |
| aback |
so that the wind catches the front side of an open sail. [2 definitions] |
| abacus |
a device used to make arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame with parallel rods or grooves that hold movable counters such as beads. |
| abandon ship |
to leave a ship that is in danger of sinking. [1/2 definitions] |
| abbey |
a monastery or convent, or the buildings that compose it. |
| ablative1 |
denoting a grammatical case in some inflected languages that indicates direction or place, time, manner, or agency. [1/3 definitions] |
| ablaut |
a pattern of changes in sounds, usually vowels, that indicate variations in tense, number, person, or the like, as in "sink," "sank," and "sunk". |
| able |
having the skill, power, or opportunity that one must have to do a thing. [1/3 definitions] |
| -ably |
in a manner that indicates the capability of or tendency toward performing, or being the object of, (such) an action. |
| abnormal psychology |
the branch of psychology that is concerned with patterns of behavior, thought, and feeling that deviate greatly from average patterns. |
| abomination |
something that is detestable, hated, or abhorred. [1/2 definitions] |
| abortion |
a project or idea that has failed to be carried to completion, or the result of the failure to reach completion. [2/4 definitions] |
| above |
that which is above. [1/9 definitions] |
| abrasion |
a spot or patch that has been scraped, as on the skin. [1/2 definitions] |
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