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Acuminates
- verb - make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
Ad Libitum
- adverb - without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
Ad-Libbing
- verb - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
Adroitness
- noun - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
Aestivated
- verb - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
Aestivates
- verb - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
Aethionema
- noun - Old World genus of the family Cruciferae
Afflicting
- verb - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
- cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"
Affliction
- noun - a cause of great suffering and distress
- a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
- a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
- Affliction is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama directed and written by Paul Schrader. Based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Russell Banks, the film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe.
Afflictive
- adjective - causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"