acute
— Adjective
– English
～ of an angle; less than 90 degrees
acute
— Adjective
– English
～ of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
acute
— Noun
– English
～ a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
acute accent
— Noun
– English
～ a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
acutely
— Adverb
– English
～ having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus"
acutely
— Adverb
– English
～ in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful"
acutely
— Adverb
– English
～ changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
acutely
— Adverb
– English
～ in a keen or penetrating way; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings"; "she pitied her sister acutely"; "acutely aware"
acuteness
— Noun
– English
～ a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
acuteness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of having a sharp edge or point
acuteness
— Noun
– English
～ a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
acyclic
— Adjective
– English
～ having an open chain structure
acyclic
— Adjective
– English
～ not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
acyclovir
— Noun
– English
～ an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
acyl
— Noun
– English
～ any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
acylation
— Noun
– English
～ the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound
acylglycerol
— Noun
– English
～ an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid"
AD
— Adverb
– English
～ in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200"
ad
— Noun
– English
～ a public promotion of some product or service
ADA
— Noun
– English
～ an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"