acknowledgment
— Noun
– English
~ a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
aclant
— Noun
– English
~ a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council
acme
— Noun
– English
~ the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
acme
— Noun
– English
~ the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
acne
— Noun
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~ an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
acned
— Adjective
– English
~ (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
Acnidosporidia
— Noun
– English
~ a subclass of Sporozoa
Acocanthera
— Noun
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~ small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
Acokanthera
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
acold
— Adjective
– English
~ of persons; feeling cold; "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare
acolyte
— Noun
– English
~ someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
aconcagua
— Noun
– English
~ the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
aconite
— Noun
– English
~ any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
Aconitum
— Noun
– English
~ genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Acoraceae
— Noun
– English
~ used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
acorea
— Noun
– English
~ absence of the pupil in an eye
Acores
— Noun
– English
~ islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes"
acorn
— Noun
– English
~ fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
Acorus
— Noun
– English
~ sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae