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Acrophobia
- noun - a morbid fear of great heights
Acrophobic
- adjective - suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
Acropodium
- - The entire upper surface of the foot.
Acroscopic
- adjective - facing or on the side toward the apex
Acrostical
- - Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Acroterial
- - Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.
Acroterium
- - One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker. (b) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
Acrotomous
- - Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
Acrylamide
- noun - a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"
Act Of God
- noun - a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"