accurate |
free of mistakes or error. [2 definitions] |
accurately |
with accuracy; correctly; precisely. |
accusation |
an act of accusing. [2 definitions] |
accuse |
to charge with a crime or wrongdoing. |
accustom |
to cause (oneself or another) to become used to something through use or experience. habituate. |
accustomed |
adapted to or in the habit of (usu. fol. by "to"). [2 definitions] |
ace |
a playing card or die face that bears only one spot. [7 definitions] |
ache |
to produce or experience a dull, constant pain. [4 definitions] |
achieve |
to reach or carry through successfully; accomplish. [3 definitions] |
achievement |
something successfully carried through, esp. through bold or brave action or thought. [2 definitions] |
acid |
in chemistry, any of a group of substances that usu. dissolve in water, have a sour taste, and form salts in reaction with bases. (Cf. base.) [6 definitions] |
acid rain |
rain that has high acidity because of being mixed with pollutants such as vehicle exhausts and residues from burning of fossil fuels for energy or from chemical manufacturing. |
acknowledge |
to admit or recognize the truth, existence, fact, or validity of. [4 definitions] |
acknowledgment |
the act of acknowledging, or the fact of being acknowledged. [2 definitions] |
acne |
a skin disorder caused by inflammation of the oil glands, resulting in pimples, usu. on the face. |
acorn |
the fruit of the oak tree, having a smooth, ovoid nut partially enclosed by a rough, cuplike base. |
acoustic |
having to do with sound or the science of sound, or with the sensation and organs of hearing. [3 definitions] |
acoustics |
(used with a sing. verb) the branch of science dealing with the physics of sound. [2 definitions] |
acquaint |
to introduce, or to make familiar or accustomed to (usu. fol. by "with"). [2 definitions] |
acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. [3 definitions] |
acquire |
to come to possess, esp. gradually over time. [2 definitions] |