| appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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| appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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| (verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
| appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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| (adjective) selected for a job | - |
| (adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
| (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
| appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
| appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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| (adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
| appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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| (noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
| (noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
| (noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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| appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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| apposite | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apt, pertinent |
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| appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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| apposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: collocation, juxtaposition |
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| (noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | - |
| (noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | - |
| appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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| appositive | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositional |
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| appositively | (adverb) in an appositive manner | Synonyms: in apposition |
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| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
| appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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| (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
| appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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| appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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| appreciably | (adverb) to a noticeable degree | - |
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| appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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| (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
| (verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
| (verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
| appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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| appreciation | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: admiration |
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| (noun) an increase in price or value | - |
| (noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: grasp, hold |
| (noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: discernment, perceptiveness, taste |
| (noun) an expression of gratitude | - |
| appreciative | (adjective) having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or expressive of gratitude | - |
| appreciatively | (adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: gratefully |
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| appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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| appreciator | (noun) a person who is fully aware of something and understands it | - |
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| apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
| apprehended | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: appreciated, comprehended |
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| apprehender | (noun) a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | - |
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| (noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: knower |
| apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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| apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
| (noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
| (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
| apprehensive | (adjective) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | - |
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| (adjective) quick to understand | Synonyms: discerning |
| (adjective) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | Synonyms: worried |
| apprehensively | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: anxiously, uneasily |
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| apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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| apprentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: learner, prentice |
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| (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
| apprenticed | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: articled, bound, indentured |
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| apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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| appressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: adpressed |
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| apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| apprize | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, revalue |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word |
| appro | (noun) an informal British abbreviation of approval | - |
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| approach | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
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| (noun) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | Synonyms: approach shot |
| (noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | Synonyms: attack, plan of attack |
| (noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: access |
| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
| (noun) a close approximation | - |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, feeler, overture |
| (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approaching |
| (noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | Synonyms: approach path, glide path, glide slope |
| (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
| (verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
| (verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
| (verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
| (verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
| approachability | (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: accessibility |
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| approachable | (adjective) easy to meet or converse or do business with | - |
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| (adjective) easily approached | Synonyms: reachable |
| (adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: accessible |
| approaching | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: coming, forthcoming, upcoming |
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| (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
| (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
| approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| approbation | (noun) official recognition or approval | - |
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| (noun) official approval | - |
| approbative | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbatory, approving, plausive |
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| approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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| appropriable | (adjective) that can be appropriated | - |
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| appropriate | (adjective) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc | - |
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| (adjective) meant or adapted for an occasion or use | Synonyms: suitable, suited |
| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
| appropriately | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably |
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| appropriateness | (noun) the quality of being specially suitable | - |
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| (noun) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing | Synonyms: rightness |
| appropriation | (noun) a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner | - |
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| (noun) incorporation by joining or uniting | Synonyms: annexation |
| (noun) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose | - |
| appropriative | (adjective) of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself | - |
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| appropriator | (noun) someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission) | - |
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| approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
| (noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
| (noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
| approve | (verb) judge to be right or commendable; think well of | - |
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| (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction |
| approved | (adjective) established by authority; given authoritative approval | Synonyms: sanctioned |
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| approver | (noun) an authority with power to approve | - |
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| approving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive |
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| (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
| approvingly | (adverb) in an approving manner | - |
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| approximate | (adjective) located close together | Synonyms: close together |
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| (adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: near |
| (adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximative, rough |
| (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
| (verb) be close or similar | Synonyms: come close |
| approximately | (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
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| approximation | (noun) the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue | Synonyms: bringing close together |
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| (noun) the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity) | - |
| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: estimate, estimation, idea |
| (noun) an imprecise or incomplete account | - |
| approximative | (adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximate, rough |
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| appurtenance | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, supplement |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: gear, paraphernalia |
| appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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| apractic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apraxic |
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| apraxia | (noun) inability to make purposeful movements | - |
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| apraxic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apractic |
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| apricot | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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| (noun) downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach | - |
| (noun) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach | Synonyms: apricot tree |
| apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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| apron | (noun) a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing | - |
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| (noun) a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used | - |
| (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: forestage, proscenium |
| (noun) (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green | - |
| apropos | (adjective) of an appropriate or pertinent nature | - |
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| (adverb) at an opportune time | Synonyms: seasonably, timely, well-timed |
| (adverb) introducing a different topic | Synonyms: by the bye, by the way, incidentally |
| apse | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apsis |
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| apsidal | (adjective) of or relating to an apse | - |
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| apsis | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apse |
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| apt | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apposite, pertinent |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: disposed, given, minded, tending |
| (adjective) mentally quick and resourceful | Synonyms: clever |
| (adjective) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant | Synonyms: liable |
| apteral | (adjective) having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides | - |
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| (adjective) (of insects) without wings | Synonyms: apterous |
| apterous | (adjective) (of insects) without wings | Synonyms: apteral |
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| apteryx | (noun) nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes | Synonyms: kiwi |
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| aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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| aptitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to aptitudes | - |
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| aptly | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, capably, competently |
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| aptness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: appositeness |
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| (noun) a disposition to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: propensity |
| aquaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of drowning | - |
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| aquaphobic | (adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: hydrophobic |
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| aquaplane | (noun) a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water | - |
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| (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
| (verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
| aromatherapy | (noun) the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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| astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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