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Acquisitive
- adjective - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
Acquittance
- noun - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Acuminating
- verb - make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
Acumination
- - A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Acutilobate
- - Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
Adelie Land
- noun - a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
Adipic Acid
- noun - a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
Adonic Line
- noun - a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
- a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; used in laments by Adonis
Aestivating
- verb - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
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