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

actomyosin
noun a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions

actor
histrion noun a theatrical performer

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`

actor`s agent
theatrical agent noun a business agent for an actor

actor`s line
speech 2 words noun words making up the dialogue of a play; `the actor forgot his speech`

actress
noun a female actor

Acts of the Apostles
Acts noun a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ`s Ascension to Paul`s sojourn at Rome

actual
genuine adjective being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; `her actual motive`; `a literal solitude like a desert`- G.K.Chesterton; `a genuine dilemma`

actual
adjective existing in act or fact; `rocks and trees...the actual world`; `actual heroism`; `the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced`

actual damages
compensatory damages noun (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated

actual eviction
noun the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent

actual possession
noun (law) immediate and direct physical control over property

actual sin
noun a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)

actuality
noun the state of actually existing objectively; `a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality`

actualize
actualise verb represent or describe realistically

actualized
actualised adjective changed from potential to actual; `saw his worst fears actualized`

actually
in reality adverb used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; `you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out`; `she actually spoke Latin`; `they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets`; `people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous`

actuarial
adjective of or relating to the work of an actuary

actuarial table
statistical table noun a table of statistical data

actuated
adjective moved to action; `a man actuated by unworthy desired`

actuator
noun a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

acuate
acute adjective ending in a sharp point

acuity
sharp-sightedness noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)

aculea
noun small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects

aculeate
aculeated adjective having or resembling a stinger or barb; `aculeate insects such as bees and wasps`

aculeus
noun a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

acumen
noun a tapering point

acuminate
adjective of a leaf shape; narrowing to a slender point

acuminate leaf
noun a leaf narrowing to a slender point

acupressure
G-Jo noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

acupuncture
stylostixis noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin

acute
discriminating adjective 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`

acute accent
acute noun a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

acute angle
noun an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees

acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome noun any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)

acute gastritis
noun gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin)

acute glaucoma
angle-closure glaucoma noun glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor

acute glossitis
noun glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain

acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
noun encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation

acute leukemia
noun rapidly progressing leukemia

acute lymphocytic leukemia
acute lymphoblastic leukemia noun acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children

acute myelocytic leukemia
acute myeloid leukemia noun acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults

acute pyelonephritis
noun pyelonephritis resulting from the spread of a bladder infection

acute renal failure
acute kidney failure noun renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract

acute schizophrenic episode
reactive schizophrenia noun schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

acute triangle
acute-angled triangle noun a triangle whose interior angles are all acute

acutely
adverb having a rapid onset; `an acutely debilitating virus`

acuteness
noun the quality of having a sharp edge or point

acyclic
adjective chemistry; not cyclic; having an open chain structure

acyclovir
Zovirax noun an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

acyl
acyl group 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`

acyl anhydrides
acid anhydrides noun organic compounds that react with water to form an acid

acyl halide
acid halide noun organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom

acylation
noun the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound

AD
A.D. adverb in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; `in AD 200`

ad hoc
adjective for or concerned with one specific purpose; `a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions`

ad hominem
adjective appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason); `ad hominem arguments`

ad interim
adverb for an intervening time; temporarily; `elected to serve ad interim`

ad lib
ad libitum adverb without advance preparation; `he spoke ad lib`

ad val
ad valorem adverb in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed; `the goods were taxed ad valorem`

ad-lib
extemporaneous adjective with little or no preparation or forethought; `his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment`; `an extemporaneous piano recital`; `an extemporary lecture`; `an extempore skit`; `an impromptu speech`; `offhand excuses`; `trying to sound offhanded and reassuring`; `an off-the-cuff toast`; `a few unrehearsed comments`

ADA-SCID
noun SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase

adactylia
adactyly noun congenital absence of fingers and/or toes

adactylous
adjective without fingers and/or toes

Adad
noun Babylonian god of storms and wind

adagio
adjective (of tempo) leisurely

Adalia
genus Adalia noun genus of ladybugs

Adam
ecstasy noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Adam
noun Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)

Adam Smith
noun Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)

Adam`s needle
Adam`s needle-and-thread noun yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

Adam`s Peak
Samanala noun a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)

adamance
obduracy noun resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

adamant
adamantine adjective impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; `he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind`; `Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him`- W.Churchill; `an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency`

adamantine
adjective having the hardness of a diamond

adamantly
adverb inflexibly; unshakably; `adamantly opposed to the marriage`

Adams
Mount Adams noun a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)

Adams
President Adams 1 President John Quincy Adams noun 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)

Adana
Seyhan noun a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River

Adansonia
genus Adansonia noun baobab; cream-of-tartar tree

Adapa
noun a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)

Adapid
Adapid group noun extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

adapt
verb make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; `Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country`

adaptability
noun the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances

adaptable
adjective capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; `to succeed one must be adaptable`; `the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths`

adaptation
noun a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; `the play is an adaptation of a short novel`

adaptational
adjective of or relating to adaptation

adapted
altered adjective changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; `seeds precisely adapted to the area`; `instructions altered to suit the children`s different ages`

adapter
adaptor noun device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

adapter
noun a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

adaptive
adaptative adjective having a capacity for adaptation; `the adaptive coloring of a chameleon`

adaptive radiation
noun the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches

Adar
noun the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)

adaxial
adjective nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; `the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface`

adaxially
adverb in an adaxial manner

add
add together verb make an addition by combining numbers; `Add 27 and 49, please!`

add
supply verb state or say further; ``It doesn`t matter,` he supplied`

add on
verb make an addition; `Let`s add on to this`

add on
supplement verb add to the very end; `He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language`

add to
verb have an increased effect; `This adds to my worries`