account for
— Verb
– English
~ be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
account for
— Verb
– English
~ give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?"
air force
— Noun
– English
~ the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
air force academy
— Noun
– English
~ an academy for training air force officers
Air Force
— Noun
– English
~ the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space
attractive force
— Noun
– English
~ the force by which one object attracts another
aerodynamic force
— Noun
– English
~ forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)
armed forces
— Noun
– English
~ the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
armed forces censorship
— Noun
– English
~ military censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forces
Aleurites fordii
— Noun
– English
~ Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
assistant foreman
— Noun
– English
~ a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers
Argonne Forest
— Noun
– English
~ an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
application form
— Noun
– English
~ a form to use when making an application
art form
— Noun
– English
~ (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
acid-forming
— Adjective
– English
~ yielding an acid in aqueous solution
Aptenodytes forsteri
— Noun
– English
~ the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin
a fortiori
— Adverb
– English
~ with greater reason; for a still stronger, more certain reason; "if you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am I"
aqua fortis
— Noun
– English
~ acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
axillary fossa
— Noun
– English
~ the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"