autonomic nervous system
— Noun
– English
~ the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
accounting system
— Noun
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~ a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
accentual system
— Noun
– English
~ the system of accentuation used in a particular language
ADP system
— Noun
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~ a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage
ABO system
— Noun
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~ a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O
ABO blood group system
— Noun
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~ a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
— Noun
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~ United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986)
Amsonia tabernaemontana
— Noun
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~ subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
actuarial table
— Noun
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~ a table of statistical data
ascidian tadpole
— Noun
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~ free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord
anti-takeover defense
— Noun
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~ resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
articulatio talocruralis
— Noun
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~ a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
Ambystoma talpoideum
— Noun
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~ brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States
arc tangent
— Noun
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~ the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number
army tank
— Noun
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~ an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
adhesive tape
— Noun
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~ tape coated with adhesive
Arthur Tappan
— Noun
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~ United States abolitionist (1786-1865)
Andrei Tarkovsky
— Noun
– English
~ Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)