acromion
— Noun
– English
～ the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromphalus
— Noun
– English
～ abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia
acromyotonia
— Noun
– English
～ myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot
acronym
— Noun
– English
～ a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization"; "the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)"
acronymic
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by the use of acronyms
acronymous
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by the use of acronyms
acropetal
— Adjective
– English
～ of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
acrophobia
— Noun
– English
～ a morbid fear of great heights
acrophobic
— Adjective
– English
～ suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
acrophony
— Noun
– English
～ naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
acropolis
— Noun
– English
～ the citadel in ancient Greek towns
acropora
— Noun
– English
～ coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
acroscopic
— Adjective
– English
～ facing or on the side toward the apex
acrosome
— Noun
– English
～ a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
across
— Adverb
– English
～ transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
across
— Adverb
– English
～ to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"
acrostic
— Noun
– English
～ a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
acrostic
— Noun
– English
～ verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Acrostichum
— Noun
– English
～ in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
acrylamide
— Noun
– English
～ a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"