a.

noun

absolute temperature

Meanings

a.1

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of abbreviation.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of accommodation.
  4. abbreviationAbbreviation of account.
  5. abbreviationAbbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
  6. abbreviationAbbreviation of acronym.
  7. abbreviationAbbreviation of act; acting.
  8. abbreviationAbbreviation of activity.
  9. abbreviationAbbreviation of adjective.
  10. abbreviationAbbreviation of adjutant.
  11. abbreviationAbbreviation of adult.
  12. abbreviationAbbreviation of afternoon.
  13. abbreviationAbbreviation of age.
  14. abbreviationAbbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
  15. abbreviationAbbreviation of alto.
  16. abbreviationAbbreviation of amateur.
  17. abbreviationAbbreviation of ampere.
  18. abbreviationAbbreviation of annealing.
  19. abbreviationAbbreviation of anode.
  20. abbreviationAbbreviation of answer.
  21. abbreviationAbbreviation of anthracite.
  22. abbreviationAbbreviation of apprentice.
  23. abbreviationAbbreviation of arc.
  24. abbreviationAbbreviation of are or ares.
  25. abbreviationAbbreviation of area.
  26. abbreviationAbbreviation of argent.
  27. abbreviationAbbreviation of assist; assists.
  28. abbreviationAbbreviation of atmosphere.
  29. abbreviationAbbreviation of attendance.
  30. abbreviationAbbreviation of audit; auditor.
  31. abbreviationAbbreviation of aunt.
  32. abbreviationAbbreviation of aviation; aviator.
  33. abbreviationAbbreviation of axis.
adjective
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of absent.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of absolute.
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of abundant.
  4. abbreviationAbbreviation of accepted.
  5. abbreviationAbbreviation of accidental.
  6. abbreviationAbbreviation of acting.
  7. abbreviationAbbreviation of active.
    1. abbreviationbroadlyhuman sciencesAbbreviation of transitive.
  8. abbreviationAbbreviation of aerial.
  9. abbreviationAbbreviation of alto.
  10. abbreviationAbbreviation of amateur.
  11. abbreviationAbbreviation of annus (“a year”).
  12. abbreviationAbbreviation of anonymous.
  13. abbreviationAbbreviation of ante (“before”).
  14. abbreviationAbbreviation of anterior.
  15. abbreviationAbbreviation of aqua.
  16. abbreviationAbbreviation of argent.
  17. abbreviationAbbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
  18. abbreviationAbbreviation of automatic.
  19. abbreviationAbbreviation of available.
adverb
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of anno (“in the year”).
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of annually.
preposition
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of about.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of at.
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of ante (“before”).
conjunction
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of also.

A.2

proper noun
  1. America

    Amer.

  2. biblicalAmos, the book of
preposition
  1. ante (before)
adverb
  1. annō (Latin for “in the year”)

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