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initialism
- Automobile Association
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- American Airlines
- A.A. (or A.'.A.'.) Esoteric Magickal order Astrum Argenteum, or Silver star, a magickal order.
- Antiaircraft
- Alzheimer's Association
- Armed Forces Americas (USPS abbreviation code)
- Affirmative Action
- African-American
- (chemistry): amino acid
- (military) assembly area
- (military) avenue of approach
- (poker) A starting hand in Texas hold 'em comprised of two aces
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| ABA |
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initialism - American Bar Association
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verb
- (past of, abbreviate)
adjective
- shorten, Shortened; relatively short.
- The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
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| accessory |
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noun (accessories)
- That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment
- the accessories of a mobile phone
- Quotations
- The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti. - w:Thomas Carlyle
- (context, Clothing) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- (context, Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- accessory before the fact
- accessory after the fact
- (Fine Arts): Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. - w:James Elmes
adjective
- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
- (context, Law) assist, Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
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noun
- A series of permanent folds of equal width in alternating opposite directions made in fabric, paper, or other material.
- Paper fans generally use an .
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| Afghan |
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noun
- A person from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent.
- A person of Pashtun ethnicity or of Pashtun descent.
proper noun
- Ethnic Pashtun
- Pashto, a language primarily spoken in southern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.
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| afro |
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noun
- A hair style characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
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| agal |
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noun
- cord that is fastened around the kaffiyeh
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| aglet |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, aiglet)
- The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
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| agraffe |
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noun
- A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens on to a ring.
- 1819: The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an set with brilliants, was another distinction of the beautiful Jewess, scoffed and sneered at by the proud dames who sat above her, but secretly envied by those who affected to deride them. " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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| aigrette |
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noun
- The lesser white heron; the egret.
- A feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 181:
- :Young women attired often in nothing more than ostrich-feather aigrettes dyed in colors of doubtful taste ran nubilely up and down the marble staircases, chased by young men in razor-toed ball shoes of patent-leather.
- The feathery crown of some seeds (such as the dandelion)
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| alb |
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noun
- A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.
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| anklet |
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noun (irregularpluralform) -->
- A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
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| anorak |
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noun (wikipedia, mul=Anorak, Anorak (slang))
- A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
- (context, UK, slang) A geek or nerd, originally a train spotter.
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| apparel |
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noun
- clothing
verb (apparels, appareling or apparelling, appareled or apparelled)
- (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
- Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.
- (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
- They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.
- (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
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| apron |
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noun
- An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills.
- The paved area of an airport.
- The sides of a trees canopy
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| arch |
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noun
- An inverted U shape.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- An architectural element having the shape of an arch
verb (arches, arching, arched)
- To form into an arch shape
- The cat arched its back
adjective
- knowing, clever
- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
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| Arctic |
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proper noun
- A region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.
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| Argyle |
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proper noun
- (alternative spelling of, Argyll)
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| armhole |
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noun (plural armholes)
- A hole in a piece of clothing intended for putting one's arm through.
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| armscye |
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noun
- an opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole
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| ascot |
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noun
- ascot tie
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| Astrakhan |
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proper noun
- a Tatar city and region in Russia, located on the Volga River, conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1556.
- (archaic) astrakhan fleece
- 1891: Heavy bands of were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat " Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal In Bohemia" (Norton 2005 p.14)
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