acromion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromphalus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia
acromyotonia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot
acronym
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization"; "the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)"
acronymic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ characterized by the use of acronyms
acronymous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ characterized by the use of acronyms
acropetal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
acrophobia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a morbid fear of great heights
acrophobic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
acrophony
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
acropolis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the citadel in ancient Greek towns
acropora
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
acroscopic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ facing or on the side toward the apex
acrosome
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
across
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
across
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"
acrostic
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
acrostic
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Acrostichum
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
acrylamide
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"