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Actiniae
- noun - a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools
- any sea anemone or related animal
Actinide
- noun - any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
Activase
- noun - a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction
Activate
- verb - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
- make (substances) radioactive
- make active or more active; "activate an old file"
- make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
- put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
Aculeate
- adjective - having or resembling a stinger or barb; "aculeate insects such as bees and wasps"
Acutance
- unknown - Edge contrast of a photographic image; one of the two components, with resolution, of sharpness.
Adamance
- noun - resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Adaptive
- adjective - having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon"
Additive
- adjective - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
- something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
Adelaide
- noun - Adelaide (1792-1849) was queen consort of King William IV
- the state capital of South Australia