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Abaca
- noun - a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
- Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
Abaci
- noun - a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
Aback
- adverb - by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
- having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
Alack
- - An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
Apace
- adverb - Quickly
- with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
Arace
- - To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
Beach
- noun - an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
- land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"
- Run aground
Black
- adjective -
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda"
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the wid
Brace
- noun - a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
- support by bracing
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
- two items of the same kind