Ardea occidentalis
— Noun
– English
~ large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
Antarctic Ocean
— Noun
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~ the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
Arctic Ocean
— Noun
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~ ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs
Atlantic Ocean
— Noun
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~ the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
Agriocharis ocellata
— Noun
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~ wild turkey of Central America and northern South America
Asperula odorata
— Noun
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~ Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Artocarpus odoratissima
— Noun
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~ Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
apple of discord
— Noun
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~ (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
Apostle of Germany
— Noun
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
alienation of affection
— Noun
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~ a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
Age of Man
— Noun
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~ last 2 million years
Age of Mammals
— Noun
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~ approximately the last 63 million years
age of consent
— Noun
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~ the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
Age of Fishes
— Noun
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~ from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
American Federation of Labor
— Noun
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~ a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
amount of money
— Noun
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~ a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
alternation of generations
— Noun
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~ the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
angle of dip
— Noun
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~ (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
angle of inclination
— Noun
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~ (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)