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Acroterium
- - One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker. (b) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
Acrylamide
- noun - a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"
Actinolite
- noun - a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
Activating
- verb - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
- causing motion or action or change
- 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"
- the activity of causing to have energy and be active
Activation
- noun - making active and effective (as a bomb)
- stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- the activity of causing to have energy and be active
Activities
- noun - (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity"
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
- an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
- any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
- the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
Acutorsion
- - The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
Acyclovirs
- noun - an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
Ad-Libbing
- verb - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
Adactylies
- noun - congenital absence of fingers and/or toes