apple of discord
— Noun
– English
～ (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
– English
～ (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
– English
～ a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
Age of Man
— Noun
– English
～ last 2 million years
Age of Mammals
— Noun
– English
～ approximately the last 63 million years
age of consent
— Noun
– English
～ 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
– English
～ (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)
angle of incidence
— Noun
– English
～ the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
angle of extinction
— Noun
– English
～ the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
angle of attack
— Noun
– English
～ the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
Augustine of Hippo
— Noun
– English
～ (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
Assemblies of God
— Noun
– English
～ a charismatic Protestant denomination in the United States
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
— Noun
– English
～ a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran
Ascension of Christ
— Noun
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～ (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
articles of incorporation
— Noun
– English
～ a legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state