acme
— Noun
– English
~ the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
acne
— Noun
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~ an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
Acnidosporidia
— Noun
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~ a subclass of Sporozoa
Acocanthera
— Noun
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~ small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
Acokanthera
— Noun
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~ small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
acolyte
— Noun
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~ someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
aconcagua
— Noun
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~ the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
aconite
— Noun
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~ any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
Aconitum
— Noun
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~ genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Acoraceae
— Noun
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~ used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
acorea
— Noun
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~ absence of the pupil in an eye
Acores
— Noun
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~ islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes"
acorn
— Noun
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~ fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
Acorus
— Noun
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~ sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
acousma
— Noun
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~ illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
acoustic
— Noun
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~ a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
acoustician
— Noun
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~ a physicist who specializes in acoustics
acousticophobia
— Noun
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~ a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
acoustics
— Noun
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~ the study of the physical properties of sound
acquaintance
— Noun
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~ a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"