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Abacination
- - The act of abacinating.
Abomination
- noun - a person who is loathsome or disgusting
- an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
- hate coupled with disgust
Acclimation
- noun - adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
Acquisition
- noun - an ability that has been acquired by training
- something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
Acumination
- - A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Aestivation
- noun - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Affrication
- noun - the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
Amoxicillin
- noun - an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
Application
- noun - a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin"
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
- the action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"
- the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "
Archimedean
- - Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.