acheson
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~ United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971)
acheta
— Noun
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~ common house and field crickets
achievability
— Noun
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~ the state of being achievable
achievement
— Noun
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~ the action of accomplishing something
achiever
— Noun
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~ a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
achillea
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~ any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads
Achilles
— Noun
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~ a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
achimenes
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~ any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
aching
— Noun
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~ a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
achira
— Noun
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~ canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
achlorhydria
— Noun
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~ an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach