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  • anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
  • anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
  • antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
  • antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
  • antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
  • apophthegmatic — Alternative form of apothegmatic.
  • aposematically — in an aposematic manner
  • apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
  • appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
  • appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
  • apprenticement — apprenticeship
  • arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
  • archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
  • archebacterium — (biology) alternative spelling of archaebacterium.
  • archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
  • archipterygium — (anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
  • arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
  • arithmetically — the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
  • armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
  • arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
  • asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
  • asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
  • astigmatoscope — an instrument for determining the presence and severity of astigmatism.
  • astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
  • asymmetrically — not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry: Most faces are asymmetric.
  • atomic reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
  • atomic warfare — war in which nuclear weapons are used
  • atomic-powered — powered by atomic energy
  • azimuth circle — a device for measuring azimuths, consisting of a graduated ring equipped with a sighting vane on each side, which fits concentrically over a compass.
  • bactrian camel — a two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus, used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia
  • balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
  • baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
  • barometrically — By means of a barometer.
  • base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
  • basidiomycetes — Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
  • bavarian cream — a cold dessert consisting of a rich custard set with gelatine and flavoured in various ways
  • bidialectalism — the state of being bidialectal
  • biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
  • biogeochemical — of or relating to biogeochemistry
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • biosystematics — the study of the variation and evolution of a population of organisms in relation to their taxonomic classification
  • black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
  • bug-compatible — Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (especially) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."
  • cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
  • cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
  • cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
  • café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
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