Avogadro
— Noun
– English
~ Italian physicist noted for his work on gases; proposed what has come to be called Avogadro's law (1776-1856)
avoid
— Verb
– English
~ refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
avoid
— Verb
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~ refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
avoid
— Verb
– English
~ declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
avoid
— Verb
– English
~ prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
avoidable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being avoided or warded off
avoidance
— Noun
– English
~ deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
avoirdupois
— Noun
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~ a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
avoirdupois
— Noun
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~ excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
avon
— Noun
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~ a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
Avon
— Noun
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~ a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
Avon
— Noun
– English
~ a county in southwestern England
avouch
— Verb
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~ admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
avouchment
— Noun
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~ a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avow
— Verb
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~ to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
avow
— Verb
– English
~ admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
avowal
— Noun
– English
~ a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avowed
— Adjective
– English
~ openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
avowedly
— Adverb
– English
~ as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
avowedly
— Adverb
– English
~ by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"