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Abseils
- noun - (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
- lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
Acarids
- noun - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
Acetins
- noun - any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together
Acquits
- verb - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
Adagios
- noun - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"
- a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
Adjoins
- verb - attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
Affairs
- noun - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
- a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
- matters of personal concern; "get his affairs in order"
- transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"
Agamids
- noun - a lizard of the family Agamidae