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Adz
- noun - an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
Ae
- - A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It corresponds to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
AEC
- noun - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
AFL
- noun - a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
AFP
- noun - an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
Aft
- adjective - (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
Ag
- noun - a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
Aga
- noun - solid fuel cooker
- title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
Age
- noun - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
- a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
- an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
- begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
- epoch/era
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
- how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
- make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
- MATURE
Ago
- adjective - gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"
- in the past; "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S."