anti-catholicism
— Noun
– English
～ a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism
anglo-catholicism
— Noun
– English
～ a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition
Amaranthus caudatus
— Noun
– English
～ young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
Araneus cavaticus
— Noun
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～ an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"
amniotic cavity
— Noun
– English
～ the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo
axillary cavity
— Noun
– English
～ the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"
abdominal cavity
— Noun
– English
～ the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
audio CD
— Noun
– English
～ compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)
Alaska cedar
— Noun
– English
～ tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
Atlas cedar
— Noun
– English
～ tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental
Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
— Noun
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～ South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea
absolute ceiling
— Noun
– English
～ the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight
arteria celiaca
— Noun
– English
～ an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
air cell
— Noun
– English
～ a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
auxiliary cell
— Noun
– English
～ a terrorist cell responsible for logistics; usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells
adipose cell
— Noun
– English
～ cells composed of fat
Anders Celsius
— Noun
– English
～ Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
Alpha Centauri
— Noun
– English
～ brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun
American centaury
— Noun
– English
～ any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
auditory center
— Noun
– English
～ the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve