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| arginine |
an amino acid found in most proteins that is essential in the human diet. |
| armrest |
a support for the arm, as found on chairs, theater seating, and the like. |
| ascorbic acid |
an organic acid found in many foods, esp. citrus fruits, and required in human nutrition for the production of collagen; vitamin C. |
| asp |
any of several small, poisonous snakes found in Africa and Asia Minor, such as the cobra or horned viper. |
| asparagine |
a nonessential amino acid found in proteins that is derived from aspartate. |
| aspartate |
the ionic form of aspartic acid, which is a nonessential amino acid found in proteins. |
| aspartic acid |
a nonessential amino acid found in proteins. |
| atmosphere |
any pervasive mood or tone that is found within a place or among a group. [1/3 definitions] |
| awn |
in botany, any of the thin bristles found at the tip of some leaves, esp. those of grasses. |
| aye-aye |
a nocturnal lemur found in Madagascar that has shaggy dark brown fur, a long bushy tail, large ears, long clawlike fingers, and strong rodentlike teeth. |
| ball joint |
a mechanical joint, often found in tools and machines, in which the ball-shaped end of a rod or pipe is fitted into a hollow socket, enabling the inserted part to rotate freely in any direction. |
| barium |
a chemical element of the alkaline-earth group that has fifty-seven protons in each nucleus and that is usu. found in compounds such as salts. (symbol: Ba) [1/2 definitions] |
| basking shark |
any of several large plankton-eating sharks, often found floating near the ocean's surface. |
| batfish |
any of the family of marine angler fishes, often found in the Atlantic along the southern U.S. coast. [2 definitions] |
| bayberry |
any of several types of shrubs or trees found esp. in the eastern United States that bear a waxy, gray fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| bayou |
a marshy lake or slow-moving or stagnant river tributary, found esp. in the southeastern United States. |
| beluga |
a white sturgeon found in the Black and Caspian Seas, whose roe is eaten as caviar. [1/2 definitions] |
| bidet |
a low, basin-shaped fixture, found esp. in France, used for washing the genital and anal areas. |
| bighorn |
a wild sheep found in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the male of which has large, curved horns. (See Rocky Mountain sheep.) |
| big tree |
a very tall cone-bearing evergreen found in California; giant sequoia. |
| bill of attainder |
a legislative act in which a person is found guilty, without trial, of a crime, esp. treason, and condemned to capital punishment. |
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