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A 1
- - A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.
A-
- - A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd off the dun or hill). (3) AS. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.
AA
- noun - a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
- an associate degree in arts
- an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
AAA
- noun - an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
Aah
- verb - express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents"
Aam
- - A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36
Aar
- noun - a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine
AAS
- noun - an associate degree in applied science
AB
- noun - a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
- the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
- the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
- the muscles of the abdomen
Ab-
- - A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).