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  • action reporter — a news reporter who reports to the public on matters of special interest to the consumer.
  • active hydrogen — hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.
  • addressing mode — 1.   (processor, programming)   One of a set of methods for specifying the operand(s) for a machine code instruction. Different processors vary greatly in the number of addressing modes they provide. The more complex modes described below can usually be replaced with a short sequence of instructions using only simpler modes. The most common modes are "register" - the operand is stored in a specified register; "absolute" - the operand is stored at a specified memory address; and "immediate" - the operand is contained within the instruction. Most processors also have indirect addressing modes, e.g. "register indirect", "memory indirect" where the specified register or memory location does not contain the operand but contains its address, known as the "effective address". For an absolute addressing mode, the effective address is contained within the instruction. Indirect addressing modes often have options for pre- or post- increment or decrement, meaning that the register or memory location containing the effective address is incremented or decremented by some amount (either fixed or also specified in the instruction), either before or after the instruction is executed. These are very useful for stacks and for accessing blocks of data. Other variations form the effective address by adding together one or more registers and one or more constants which may themselves be direct or indirect. Such complex addressing modes are designed to support access to multidimensional arrays and arrays of data structures. The addressing mode may be "implicit" - the location of the operand is obvious from the particular instruction. This would be the case for an instruction that modified a particular control register in the CPU or, in a stack based processor where operands are always on the top of the stack. 2. In IBM System 370/XA the addressing mode bit controls the size of the effective address generated. When this bit is zero, the CPU is in the 24-bit addressing mode, and 24 bit instruction and operand effective addresses are generated. When this bit is one, the CPU is in the 31-bit addressing mode, and 31-bit instruction and operand effective addresses are generated.
  • adenocarcinomas — Plural form of adenocarcinoma.
  • adenohypophysis — the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
  • adenoidectomies — Plural form of adenoidectomy.
  • adjectivization — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
  • adlai stevenson — Adlai Ewing [ad-ley yoo-ing] /ˈæd leɪ ˈyu ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1914, vice president of the U.S. 1893–97.
  • adoption agency — an agency that matches children needing adoption with people willing to adopt
  • adoption papers — documentation relating to the adoption of a particular child
  • adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
  • adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
  • adult education — Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.
  • advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
  • adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
  • adventurousness — the quality of being adventurous
  • aerial pingpong — Australian Rules football
  • aerobic dancing — a system of exercises combining aerobics with dance steps and usually done to music.
  • aerodynamically — the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def 1).
  • aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
  • aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
  • affine geometry — the branch of geometry dealing with affine transformations.
  • after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
  • air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
  • airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
  • airmail edition — an edition of a newspaper that is printed on very thin paper so it is easier and cheaper to distribute
  • aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
  • albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
  • albemarle sound — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE North Carolina. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
  • alcohol content — the amount of alcohol that is present in an alcoholic drink
  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • alexandroupolis — a port in NE Greece, in W Thrace. Pop: 52 720 (2001 est)
  • all of a sudden — If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
  • all-or-none law — the principle that under given conditions the response of a nerve or muscle fiber to a stimulus at any strength above the threshold is the same: the muscle or nerve responds completely or not at all.
  • all-you-can-eat — An all-you-can-eat buffet or restaurant is a buffet or restaurant at which you pay a fixed price, no matter how much or how little you eat.
  • allegoricalness — the quality of being allegorical
  • allende gossens — Salvador, 1908–73, Chilean political leader: president 1970–73.
  • allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
  • almirante brown — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • alpha and omega — the first and last, a phrase used in Revelation 1:8 to signify God's eternity
  • alpha geminorum — Castor
  • alphabetisation — The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
  • alphabetization — Alternative form of alphabetisation.
  • alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
  • alpine combined — a competition for Alpine skiers in a combination of downhill and slalom races, the winner having the highest total score.
  • alsace-lorraine — an area of NE France, comprising the modern regions of Alsace and Lorraine: under German rule 1871–1919 and 1940–44. Area: 14 522 sq km (5607 sq miles)
  • alte pinakothek — a museum in Munich housing a collection of paintings dating from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century
  • aluminium oxide — a white or colourless insoluble powder occurring naturally as corundum and used in the production of aluminium and its compounds, abrasives, glass, and ceramics. Formula: Al2O3
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