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| action-adventure |
a genre of films, video games, and the like having an exciting undertaking involving risk and danger as its main story line, and involving one or more heroes engaged in a series of physical challenges. [1/2 definitions] |
| action-packed |
of a film, video, story, or the like, filled with scenes depicting action, danger, and exciting events. |
| activated carbon |
a form of very porous and thus very absorbent carbon, produced by heating charcoal so as to empty out contained gases, and used to absorb other gases, recover solvents, deodorize, and the like; activated charcoal. |
| -acy |
characteristic, condition, position, or the like. |
| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usu. fol. by "of"). [1/3 definitions] |
| adjoining |
touching at some line or point; having a common wall, border, or the like; contiguous. |
| adjourn |
to end or temporarily discontinue the proceedings of (a meeting or the like). [2/3 definitions] |
| adjust |
to bring to a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, relationship, position, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| adjustable |
able to be adjusted; able to be made into a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, position, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| ad nauseam |
until one is sick of the thing being done, told, or the like. |
| adoption |
the act or condition of choosing, accepting, taking on, or agreeing to a law, principle, recommendation, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| advance man |
an agent or aide who takes care of publicity, security, and other arrangements in advance of the appearance of a politician, theater group, or the like. |
| aerobiology |
a branch of biology concerned with airborne viruses, microbes, pollutants, and the like. |
| aerospace |
having to do with the vehicles, satellites, missiles, and the like designed to operate in aerospace. [1/2 definitions] |
| affirmative action |
a policy or program, supported by U. S. government regulations, to give equal opportunity in employment, college admissions, and the like to those considered previously disadvantaged, such as women and certain racial minority groups. |
| Afghan |
of or pertaining to Afghanistan or its people, culture, language, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| agency shop |
a company, factory, or the like that has such an agreement with its union. [1/2 definitions] |
| ai1 |
used as an expression of distress, pity, surprise, or the like. |
| AIDS |
acronym of "acquired immune deficiency syndrome," a serious viral disease of the body's immune system, transferred through blood, sexual contact, contaminated hypodermic needles, or the like. |
| Ainu |
of or pertaining to Ainus or their language, culture, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| airflow |
a flow of air, esp. around a moving vehicle, missile, or the like. |
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