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| abbe (ab ay) | Used as a title for the Superior of a monastery in a French-speaking area. 2. Used as a title for a cleric in major or minor orders in a French-speaking area. {French, from Old Fr abbe, from Late La. abbatem, accusative of abbas, abbot.} |
| acequia (uh-Say-kee-uh) | n. southwestern U.S. An irrigation canal {Spanish, from Arabic as-saqiayah} |
| acoustooptics | n. The science of the interaction of acoustic and optical phenomena.q |
| adumbration | n. To give a sketchy outline of. 2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow. 3. To disclose partially or guardedly. {Latin, adumbrat- to represent in outline umbra-to shadow} |
| advection | n. A local change in the properties, such as temperature, of an air mass caused by the horizontal movemment of the air mass {Latin advection-act of conveying advchere to carry to vehere to carry} |
| agraffe, agrafe (uh grayf) | A hook-and-loop arrangement used for a clasp on armor and clothing. 2. A cramp iron for holding stones together in building. {French agrafe agrafer to hook onto grafer to hook} |
| aiguille (ay-GWEEL) | n. A sharp, pointed mountain peak. 2. A needle-shaped drill for boring holes in rock or masonry. {French, needle} |
| alliaceous (al ee ay shuhs) | adj. Of or resembling onion, garlic, or similar plants of the genus Allium, particularly in taste and smell {Latub allium, garlic+aceous} |
| amarelle (am uh rel) | n. A type of sour cherry having pale red fruit and colorless or nearly colorless juice. {German, from Medieval Latin amarellum, from Latin amarus, bitter.} |
| ampullae (am poohl ee) | n, pl., A nearly round bottle with two handles used by the ancient Romans for wine, oil, or perfume. 2. Ecclesiastical. A vessel for consecrated wine or holy oil. 3. Anatomy. A small dilatation in a canal or duct, especially one in the semicircular canal of the ear. {Middly English from OE from La. diminutive of amphora} |
