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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

approach
noun ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; `his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons`; `an attack on inflation`; `his plan of attack was misguided`

approach path
approach noun the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

approach shot
noun a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; `he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green`

approach trench
communication trench noun a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position

approachability
noun the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

approachable
reachable adjective easily approached; `a site approachable from a branch of the Niger`

approaching
coming(a) 1 forthcoming adjective of the relatively near future; `the approaching election`; `this coming Thursday`; `the forthcoming holidays`; `the upcoming spring fashions`

approbate
verb accept (documents) as valid

approbation
noun official recognition or approval

appropriable
adjective that can be appropriated; `appropriable funds`

appropriate
harmonious adjective suitable and fitting; `the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing`

appropriate
earmark verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; `I will earmark this money for your research`; `She sets aside time for meditation every day`

appropriated
condemned adjective taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; `the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf`; `the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain`

appropriately
suitably adverb in an appropriate manner; `he was appropriately dressed`

appropriateness
noun the quality of being specially suitable

appropriation
noun a deliberate act of acquisition

appropriation bill
noun a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose

appropriative
adjective of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself

appropriator
noun someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

approval
noun a feeling of liking something or someone good; `although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval`

approval
noun the formal act of approving; `he gave the project his blessing`; `his decision merited the approval of any sensible person`

approve
O.K. verb give sanction to; `I approve of his educational policies`

approved
sanctioned adjective established by authority; given authoritative approval; `a list of approved candidates`

approver
noun an authority with power to approve

approving
approbative adjective expressing or manifesting praise or approval; `approbative criticism`

approving
noun the formal act of approving; `he gave the project his blessing`; `his decision merited the approval of any sensible person`

approvingly
with approval adverb in an approving manner; `she nodded approvingly`

approximate
approximative adjective not quite exact or correct; `the approximate time was 10 o`clock`; `a rough guess`; `a ballpark estimate`

approximate range
ballpark noun near to the scope or range of something; `his answer wasn`t even in the right ballpark`

approximately
about adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; `lasted approximately an hour`; `in just about a minute`; `he`s about 30 years old`; `I`ve had about all I can stand`; `we meet about once a month`; `some forty people came`; `weighs around a hundred pounds`; `roughly $3,000`; `holds 3 gallons, more or less`; `20 or so people were at the party`

approximation
noun an imprecise or incomplete account; `newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events`

apractic
apraxic adjective having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder

apraxia
noun inability to make purposeful movements

apricot
noun downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

apricot bar
noun fruit bar containing apricot jam

apricot sauce
noun for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney

April
Apr noun the month following March and preceding May

April fool
noun a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April

April Fools`
April Fools` day noun the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes

apron
noun (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green

apron
noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

apron string
noun (usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist

apropos
adjective of an appropriate or pertinent nature

apse
apsis noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar

apsidal
adjective of or relating to an apse

Apsu
noun father of the gods and consort of Tiamat

apt
clever adjective mentally quick and resourceful; `an apt pupil`; `you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold`-Bram Stoker

apt(p)
disposed(p) adjective (usually followed by `to`) naturally disposed toward; `he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant`; `I am not minded to answer any questions`

Aptenodytes
genus Aptenodytes noun large penguins

apteral
adjective having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

apterous
apteral adjective (of insects) without wings

Apterygidae
family Apterygidae noun coextensive with the order Apterygiformes

Apterygiformes
order Apterygiformes noun a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis

aptitude
noun inherent ability

aptitudinal
adjective of or relating to aptitudes

aptness
appositeness noun appropriateness for the occasion; `the phrase had considerable aptness`

aptness
noun a disposition to behave in a certain way; `the aptness of iron to rust`; `the propensity of disease to spread`

Apus
genus Apus noun type genus

aqua regia
nitrohydrochloric acid noun a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)

aqua vitae
ardent spirits noun strong distilled liquor or brandy

aquaculture
noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food

aqualung
Aqua-Lung noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

aquamarine
noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color

aquanaut
noun a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research

aquaphobia
noun a morbid fear of drowning

aquaplane
noun a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water

aquarium
fish tank noun a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

Aquarius
Aquarius the Water Bearer noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18

aquatic
adjective relating to or consisting of or being in water; `an aquatic environment`

aquatic bird
noun wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

aquatic fern
water fern noun ferns that grow in water

aquatic mammal
noun whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals

aquatic plant
water plant noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

aquatic vertebrate
noun animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water

aquatint
noun an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

aquavit
akvavit noun Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds

aqueduct
noun a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

aqueous
sedimentary adjective produced by the action of water

aqueous humor
aqueous humour noun the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens

aqueous solution
noun a solution in water

aquicultural
aquacultural adjective of or relating to aquiculture; `aquacultural methods`; `hydroponic lettuce`

aquifer
noun underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

aquiferous
adjective of or relating to an aquifer

Aquifoliaceae
family Aquifoliaceae noun widely distributed shrubs and trees

Aquila
genus Aquila noun a genus of Accipitridae

aquiline
hooked adjective curved down like an eagle`s beak

Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas noun (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)

Aquitaine
Aquitania noun a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees

Ara
genus Ara noun macaws

Arab
Arabian noun a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

Arab League
noun an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

Arab-Israeli War
Six-Day War noun tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East

Arab-Israeli War
noun Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt

arabesque
noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose

Arabian
adjective of or relating to Arabian horses

Arabian camel
dromedary noun one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia

Arabian coffee
Coffea arabica noun shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee

Arabian Desert
Great Arabian Desert noun a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia

Arabian Desert
noun a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea

Arabian jasmine
Jasminum sambac noun East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers