across
— Adverb
– English
～ to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"
acrostic
— Noun
– English
～ a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
acrostic
— Noun
– English
～ verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Acrostichum
— Noun
– English
～ in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
acrylamide
— Noun
– English
～ 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"
acrylate
— Noun
– English
～ a salt or ester of propenoic acid
acrylic acid
— Noun
– English
～ an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
acrylic
— Noun
– English
～ a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives
acrylic
— Noun
– English
～ used especially by artists
acrylic
— Noun
– English
～ polymerized from acrylonitrile
act
— Verb
– English
～ play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
act
— Verb
– English
～ behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
act
— Verb
– English
～ have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
act
— Verb
– English
～ be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
act
— Verb
– English
～ behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
act
— Verb
– English
～ pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
act
— Verb
– English
～ perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"