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Agavaceae
- noun - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
Aizoaceae
- noun - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
Alliaceae
- noun - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
Aloeaceae
- noun - one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Altercate
- verb - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
Altiscope
- - An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects. Since the early 1900's, most commonly called periscope.
Ambuscade
- noun - the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- wait in hiding to attack
Amphicome
- - A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
Anglicise
- verb - make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London"
Anglicize
- verb - make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London"