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Acres
- noun - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
Acrid
- adjective - bitter
- harsh or corrosive in tone;
- strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"
Acted
- verb - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the n
Actin
- noun - one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
Acton
- - A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
Actor
- noun - a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"
- a theatrical performer
- thespian
Acute
- adjective - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- ending in a sharp point
- extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
Acyls
- noun - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"